treaty port

nounHistory/Historical.

any of the ports in China, Japan, or Korea through which trade with foreign countries was permitted by special treaty.

Origin of treaty port

First recorded in 1880–85

Words Nearby treaty port

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How to use treaty port in a sentence

Connected with Anping by rail (26 m.) and laying south of it is Takau, a treaty port.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 6 | Various
At every treaty port there are one or more foreign settlements, maintained under foreign laws.
Drugging a Nation | Samuel Merwin
I have met this “conservative” pro-opiumist many times on coasting and river steamers and in treaty port hotels.
Drugging a Nation | Samuel Merwin
Hankow, a very important treaty port, is almost exactly in the centre of China.
The Problem of China | Bertrand Russell
Yo Chow, the treaty port of the province, stands at the outlet of the river Siang into this lake.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 8 | Various

British Dictionary definitions for treaty port

treaty port

noun

(in China, Japan, and Korea during the second half of the 19th and first half of the 20th century) a city, esp a port, in which foreigners, esp Westerners, were allowed by treaty to conduct trade

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