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Devonport

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[dev-uhn-pawrt, -pohrt] / ˈdɛv ənˌpɔrt, -ˌpoʊrt /

noun

  1. a city in N Tasmania.


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That figure was highest in the Plymouth Sutton and Devonport area - at 35% of children - and at 32% in Torbay.

From BBC ● Nov. 6, 2025

The tragic accident shattered Devonport, a city on the north coast of Tasmania with some 30,000 residents.

From BBC ● Jun. 5, 2025

"I tell stories, each object has a meaning," Mr Devonport, who works with offenders and tutors fine art, said.

From BBC ● Nov. 2, 2024

In May the vessel finally left the Devonport dockyard where it had undergone a seven-and-a-half-year refit.

From BBC ● Nov. 20, 2023

Once, following his father from Chatham to Devonport, they had lived in a cottage on the edge of the moors.

From "Lord of the Flies" by William Golding

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