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Gulfport

American  
[guhlf-pawrt, -pohrt] / ˈgʌlfˌpɔrt, -ˌpoʊrt /

noun

  1. a city in SE Mississippi, on the Gulf of Mexico.

  2. a town in W Florida.


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McMichael boarded the Zhen Hua 29 at the Port of Gulfport on Sept. 13 carrying cajun seasoning and a Ports America baseball cap.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 28, 2025

“This is a bucket list-type thing,” said longtime fan Kim Brazier, who flew in from Gulfport, Miss. “I only watch ‘Everybody Loves Raymond.’

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 24, 2025

“The price of repairs may mean we lose our character,” Sam Henderson, the mayor of Gulfport, told the Tampa Bay Times after Helene.

From Slate • Oct. 9, 2024

Another large county, Harrison, said a grand jury meets three times a year in each of its two judicial districts in Biloxi and Gulfport.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 30, 2023

Speeches were made by the Hon. Barney Eaton, a lawyer of Gulfport; Mrs. S. P. Covington, its president, and others.

From The History of Woman Suffrage, Volume VI by Harper, Ida Husted