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New Plymouth

American  

noun

  1. a seaport on W North Island, in New Zealand.


New Plymouth British  

noun

  1. a port in New Zealand, on W North Island: founded in 1841. Pop: 69 200 (2004 est)

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Hipkins — known as “Chippy” for his upbeat personality — began Monday by boarding a small 50-seat plane to get to New Plymouth.

From Seattle Times Sep. 25, 2023

Air New Zealand resumed services to all airports on Wednesday, including those in the heavily impacted regions of New Plymouth, Napier, and Gisborne, after Cyclone Gabrielle led to 821 flight cancellations and affected 49,000 customers.

From Reuters Feb. 15, 2023

She was this elderly woman in New Plymouth, New Zealand.

From Los Angeles Times May 25, 2022

Sometime in the autumn of 1621, a group of English Pilgrims who had crossed the Atlantic Ocean and created a colony called New Plymouth celebrated their first harvest.

From Salon Nov. 22, 2018

Many a time she had wondered how they were to meet, how he was ever to know that she lived with a cruel grandmother in New Plymouth.

From The Open Question a tale of two temperaments by Elizabeth Robins

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