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 .

Notes

Famed for summer homes of nineteenth-century millionaires.

Center of yachting in the United States.

Example Sentences

We pushed past the old ferry station of Newport and Reiders Run and Wildcat Run and passed through the breach at Wildcat Ridge.

From The Daily Beast

Newport tells Rufus Griscom on The Next Big Idea podcast that such a world can’t come soon enough.

From Ozy

Fortunately, Newport has some strategies to help improve your plight.

From Ozy

Soon after Tirella died, Lance reports, Duke, who hadn’t contributed to Newport before, became philanthropic.

From Washington Blade

We went over to the ramp, where some other guys we knew were skating, including the Water Brothers crew from Newport.

From Ozy

It's a studio bungalow the way Newport summer houses are “cottages.”

From The Daily Beast

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

From The Daily Beast

That also appears to explain why Matthew was not collared in the Christopher Newport case.

From The Daily Beast

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

From The Daily Beast

The more recent attacks add to the credibility of the victims at Liberty and Christopher Newport who made allegations.

From The Daily Beast

I have never seen Newport, and passed exactly a week in New York before sailing.

From Project Gutenberg

One vessel came ashore at Newport, whose crew had been months at sea, trading on the African coast.

From Project Gutenberg

There is little need for me to describe in detail the story of my railway journey from New York to Newport.

From Project Gutenberg

Well—a week later she left Newport suddenly, her eyes red with weeping and her slight little figure convulsed with grief.

From Project Gutenberg

Do you suppose for an instant that I am robbing these people here in Newport merely for the vulgar purpose of acquiring money?

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