Cinque Ports
/sɪŋk/- a group of medieval ports in Kent and East Sussex in SE England, which were formerly allowed trading privileges in exchange for providing the bulk of England's navy. The five original Cinque Ports were Hastings, Sandwich, Dover, Romney, and Hythe; later Rye and Winchelsea were added.五港同盟(中世纪英格兰东南部肯特和东苏塞克斯五港口, 旧时拥有贸易特权, 交换条件是提供英格兰海军的大部分供给; 原五同盟港为黑斯廷斯, 桑威奇, 多佛尔, 罗姆尼和海斯, 其后拉伊和温奇尔西加入)。
词源
from Old French cink porz, from Latin quinque portus 'five ports'.