A term generally used to indicate that a port is used for the import of goods from overseas for general distribution into the hinterland. Strictly speaking the word originally had the opposite sense in that it was the place where locally produced goods were taken for export.
Ligama eliqhelekileyo elisetyenziselwa ukuphawula ukuba unxweme luyasetyenziswa ukwenzela ukwamkelwa kwezinto ezisuka kwamanye amazwe aphesheya ukuze zisiwe kwindawo zazo. Xa kuthethwa inyani eli gama lalisetyenziselwa okuchasene noku kuchazwa apha ukuqala kwalo, lalibhekiselela ekuthunyelweni kwezinto kwamanye amazwe.