heliport

See also: héliport

English

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heliport

Wikipedia

Etymology

Blend of helicopter +‎ port, by analogy to airport.

Pronunciation

• (Canada) IPA^(key): /ˈhɛlɪˌpoɹt/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Noun

heliport (plural heliports)

1. (aviation) A facility, such as a small airport, designed to let helicopters take off and land.

Synonyms

• helidrome

Coordinate terms

helicopter airport

• aerodrome
• airfield
• airstrip
• marine aerodrome
• marine air terminal
• water aerodrome
• waterdrome

Related terms

• airport
• copter
• heli
• helicopter
• helipad
• helo
• jetport
• port
• seaport
• STOLport
• vertiport

Translations

facility for helicopters

Basque: heliportu (eu) Esperanto: helikopterhaveno Finnish: helikopterikenttä (fi) French: héliport (fr) m Galician: heliporto m German: Hubschrauberlandeplatz (de) m, Heliport (de) m Greek: ελικοδρόμιο (el) (elikodrómio) Hungarian: heliport Icelandic: þyrluvöllur m Italian: eliporto (it) m Macedonian: хелидром m (helidrom) Portuguese: heliporto (pt) m Serbo-Croatian: heliodrom (sh) m Spanish: helipuerto (es) m

Romanian

Noun

heliport n (plural heliporturi)

1. alternative form of eliport

Turkish

Etymology

From French héliport or English heliport.

Noun

heliport (definite accusative heliportu, plural heliportlar)

1. (aviation) heliport

   Synonym: helikopter pisti

References

• “heliport”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
• heliport in Turkish dictionaries at Dil Derneği.