stopover
noun
stop·over
ˈstäp-ˌō-vər 
1
: a stop at an intermediate point in one's journey
2
: a stopping place on a journey
Examples of stopover in a Sentence
The city is a favorite stopover for tourists.
I've been to Belgium—if you count a stopover in Brussels on my way to Istanbul.
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What To Know The French Embassy in Djibouti announced on Saturday that the Charles de Gaulle and its escorting ships made a stopover in the former French territory in the Horn of Africa.
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Josh Hammer, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Apr. 2025
The flights continued to their destination after a stopover in Honduras, despite the ruling.
—Alexander Bolton, The Hill, 28 Mar. 2025
The Central American ally was supposed to be a stopover for migrants from countries that were more challenging for the U.S. to deport to as the Trump administration tried to accelerate deportations.
—arkansasonline.com, 22 Mar. 2025
In the past year or so, Bove has noticed an encouraging trend: people staying for five days or more instead of using the city as a stopover on their way to the Amalfi Coast or Tuscany.
—Laura Itzkowitz, AFAR Media, 4 Mar. 2025
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Josh Hammer, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Apr. 2025
The flights continued to their destination after a stopover in Honduras, despite the ruling.
—Alexander Bolton, The Hill, 28 Mar. 2025
The Central American ally was supposed to be a stopover for migrants from countries that were more challenging for the U.S. to deport to as the Trump administration tried to accelerate deportations.
—arkansasonline.com, 22 Mar. 2025
In the past year or so, Bove has noticed an encouraging trend: people staying for five days or more instead of using the city as a stopover on their way to the Amalfi Coast or Tuscany.
—Laura Itzkowitz, AFAR Media, 4 Mar. 2025
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“Stopover.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/stopover. Accessed 22 Apr. 2025.
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stopover
noun
stop·over
-ˌō-vər
1
: a stop in the course of one's journey
2
: a stopping place on a journey
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