Newport

[noo-pawrt, -pohrt, nyoo-]

noun

a seaport in Gwent, in SE Wales, near the Severn estuary.

a seaport and summer resort in SE Rhode Island: naval base.

a city on the Isle of Wight, in S England.

a city in central Kentucky, on the Ohio River, opposite Cincinnati, Ohio.

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Examples from the Web for newport

Contemporary Examples of newport

It's a studio bungalow the way Newport summer houses are “cottages.”
Alfred Hitchcock’s Fade to Black: The Great Director’s Final Days
David Freeman
December 13, 2014
His lone stable was a girl from Newport News, Virginia, who had already escaped one nightmare.
The Navy ‘Hero’ Who Pimped an HIV-Positive Teen
M.L. Nestel
December 11, 2014
The Newport News, Virginia, school added, “Federal law prohibits us from reporting on university disciplinary actions.”
The Math That Keeps Helping College Rapists
Michael Daly
October 3, 2014
“Before signing up, I thought through everything” he said in a recent interview from his home in Newport, Rhode Island.
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Stephanie Fairyington
September 20, 2014
Some bloody sticks had been found nearby, along with beer cans and a Newport cigarette butt.
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Michael Daly
September 4, 2014

Historical Examples of newport

Then for the summer we'll go to Newport, and when we come back from there we'll take a house.
The Spenders
Harry Leon Wilson
I came through last June, you know, after I left your yacht at Newport.
The Spenders
Harry Leon Wilson
He had seen her only at a distance since their talk at Newport.
The Spenders
Harry Leon Wilson
Did you feel like that last summer at Newport or Narragansett?
A Woman Tenderfoot
Grace Gallatin Seton-Thompson
He therefore decided to end his raiding and put in at Newport News.
The Story of the Great War, Volume III (of VIII)
Various

British Dictionary definitions for newport

Newport

noun

a city and port in SE Wales, in Newport county borough on the River Usk: electronics. Pop: 116 143 (2001)

a county borough in SE Wales, created from part of Gwent in 1996. Pop: 139 300 (2003 est). Area: 190 sq km (73 sq miles)

a port in SE Rhode Island: founded in 1639, it became one of the richest towns of colonial America; centre of a large number of US naval establishments. Pop: 26 136 (2003 est)

a town in S England, administrative centre of the Isle of Wight. Pop: 22 957 (2001)

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newport in Culture

Newport

Resort city in southeastern Rhode Island.

Note

Famed for summer homes of nineteenth-century millionaires.

Note

Center of yachting in the United States.