Warwick

American  

[wawr-ik, wor-, wawr-wik, wor-] / ˈwɔr ɪk, ˈwɒr-, ˈwɔr wɪk, ˈwɒr- /

noun

1. Earl of Richard Neville, Earl of Salisburythe Kingmaker, 1428–71, English military leader and statesman.

2. a town in Warwickshire in central England.

3. Warwickshire.

4. a city in E Rhode Island.

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Warwick ¹ British  

/ ˈwɒrɪk /

noun

1. a town in central England, administrative centre of Warwickshire, on the River Avon: 14th-century castle, with collections of armour and waxworks: the university of Warwick (1965) is in Coventry. Pop: 23 350 (2001)

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Warwick ² British  

/ ˈwɒrɪk /

noun

1. Earl of, title of Richard Neville, known as the Kingmaker. 1428–71, English statesman. During the Wars of the Roses, he fought first for the Yorkists, securing the throne (1461) for Edward IV, and then for the Lancastrians, restoring Henry VI (1470). He was killed at Barnet by Edward IV

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Example Sentences

An official evaluation, led by University of Warwick and Coventry University, said Coventry City of Culture engaged almost half of the city's residents and helped bring millions of pounds into the local economy.

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This was 2003, at The Station nightclub in the snowy town of West Warwick, Rhode Island, on the east coast of the United States.

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Jade Scott, who is studying at University of Warwick, is one of 22 people selected from across the UK vying to get their hands on £120,000, in series four of the hit BBC show.

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Cybernetics professor Kevin Warwick is equally interested in studying augmentations, going one step further than most.

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Extreme weather caused by climate change has hit cocoa farmers' crop yields in Africa, says Ghadafi Razak, an academic at Warwick Business School.

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