A seaport is a major facility in a city, for the loading, unloading, and movement of cargo; to and from from oceanicships. The term also refers to a city with such a facility. (See also: port)
... Karenin. She is invited from her home in St Petersburg to Moscow to mediate the marital discord of her brother Stepan (Stiva) Oblonsky and his wife Darya (Dolly) caused by ...