Newport

[noo-pawrt, nyoo-]

noun

1. a seaport and county in southeastern Wales, near the Severn estuary.

2. a seaport and summer resort in southeastern Rhode Island: site of U.S. Navy base and Naval War College.

3. a city on the Isle of Wight, in southern England.

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

Newport

/ ˈnjuːˌpɔːt /

noun

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

2. 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)

3. 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)

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

Newport

1. Resort city in southeastern Rhode Island.

Famed for summer homes of nineteenth-century millionaires.

Center of yachting in the United States.

Example Sentences

Santa Monica, South Pasadena and Newport Beach, but there is no record of him being charged for those alleged crimes.

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Newport Beach Police responded to reports of a shooting at Hoag Hospital on Tuesday morning, but said there appeared to be no threat to the public.

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Bafta President the Prince of Wales addressed the awards ceremony in Newport, in a message which he recorded while visiting the set of Doctor Who.

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Stephen Savigar, from Newport, had also made the trip to visit for a final time before the closure.

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Bristol City signed him in 2017 but he needed loan spells at Bath, Newport and Sunderland before breaking into the Robins first team in 2020-21.

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