Wordnet 3.0
NOUN (1)
1. 
 a port where merchandise can be imported and then exported without paying import duties; 
- Example: "Bahrain has been an entrepot of trade between Arabia and India since the second millennium BC"[syn: entrepot, transshipment center]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
transshipment center
    n 1: a port where merchandise can be imported and then exported
         without paying import duties; "Bahrain has been an entrepot
         of trade between Arabia and India since the second
         millennium BC" [syn: entrepot, transshipment center]