Newport News

[ noo-pawrt, -pohrt, -pert, nyoo- ]

noun

1. a seaport in SE Virginia: shipbuilding and ship-repair center.

Newport News

noun

1. functioning as singular a port in SE Virginia, at the mouth of the James River: an industrial centre, with one of the world's largest shipyards. Pop: 181 647 (2003 est)

Example Sentences

Other service to downtown Richmond continues into Newport News.

From Washington Post

Two more trains would be added — one ending in Richmond and the other in Newport News — by 2026, with three additional trains to Richmond added by the end of the decade.

From Washington Post

The Newport News-based Wason Center, which published its latest poll the day before early voting began, put McAuliffe at 47 percent in the primary and his Democratic rivals in single digits.

From Washington Post

Available in Virginia at Beer Run in Charlottesville, Fin & Tonic and Uncork’d in Suffolk, Fin Seafood in Newport News, Pagan River Wine Merchants in Smithfield, Vienna Vintner in Vienna.

From Washington Post

His lone stable was a girl from Newport News, Virginia, who had already escaped one nightmare.

From The Daily Beast

The Newport News, Virginia, school added, “Federal law prohibits us from reporting on university disciplinary actions.”

From The Daily Beast

Our destination proved to be Newport News—a march of nearly seventy miles.

From Project Gutenberg

Next morning we retired over the road upon which we had advanced, and encamped near Newport News.

From Project Gutenberg

Along the road men were already cooking their breakfasts, and artillery was hurrying towards Newport News.

From Project Gutenberg

What I had to tell him of Newport News and its shipyards was beyond his comprehension.

From Project Gutenberg

Beyond all these could be seen something of the town of Newport News itself.

From Project Gutenberg