O terminal portuário
Example: O terminal portuário recebeu um grande navio cargueiro ontem.
Definition
"O terminal portuário" refers to a facility located at a port where ships dock to load and unload cargo or passengers. It includes infrastructure and equipment necessary for handling goods, storage, and transportation logistics within maritime trade.
Etymology
The term "o terminal portuário" comes from Portuguese, where "terminal" derives from the Latin 'terminalis', meaning 'pertaining to an end or boundary,' and "portuário" relates to 'porto,' meaning 'port.' Together, they describe a place at the end of a transport route at the port for handling ships. Did you know that 'terminal' originally referred to boundary stones marking limits?
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