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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Turkey could be serving as a stopover before some of the vehicles are shipped to Russia, where nearly 1.3 million new cars are expected to be sold across the vast territory.
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Christiaan Hetzner, Fortune, 8 July 2025
Heading south, Helena is a nice stopover between Glacier and Yellowstone, offering some pretty good mountain biking in its own right.
—Robert Annis, Outside Online, 3 July 2025
This marked the second time the Ohio made a stopover in Guam since April.
—Ryan Chan, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 July 2025
Cathay Pacific even has a stopover program that lets passengers explore Hong Kong for a couple of days before heading to their final destination.
—Taylor McIntyre, Travel + Leisure, 22 June 2025
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Christiaan Hetzner, Fortune, 8 July 2025
Heading south, Helena is a nice stopover between Glacier and Yellowstone, offering some pretty good mountain biking in its own right.
—Robert Annis, Outside Online, 3 July 2025
This marked the second time the Ohio made a stopover in Guam since April.
—Ryan Chan, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 July 2025
Cathay Pacific even has a stopover program that lets passengers explore Hong Kong for a couple of days before heading to their final destination.
—Taylor McIntyre, Travel + Leisure, 22 June 2025
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“Stopover.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/stopover. Accessed 21 Jul. 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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