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

James Howells, 39, has been trying to retrieve the hard drive containing his lost Bitcoin fortune, which he believes is in a Newport landfill site, for over a decade.

From BBC

Newport, the fastest-growing city in Wales, has the highest homeless rate in the country – it has risen by more than 50% over the past year to a record 1,359 households.

From BBC

By early 2018, Woodward had dropped out of college and was living with his parents in Newport Beach, while Bernstein was staying with his parents in Lake Forest over winter break.

From Los Angeles Times

Mrs Pritchard, from Bassaleg, Newport, regularly took two buses to work and back each day but has now decided to call it a day.

From BBC

Democrats for years had a slight voter registration advantage over Republicans in this affluent coastal district, which includes Costa Mesa, Huntington Beach, Irvine, Newport Beach and Seal Beach.

From Los Angeles Times