Newport

[ noo-pawrt, nyoo- ]

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noun

a seaport and county in southeastern Wales, near the Severn estuary.
a seaport and summer resort in southeastern Rhode Island: site of U.S. Navy base and Naval War College.
a city on the Isle of Wight, in southern England.
a city in central Kentucky, on the Ohio River, opposite Cincinnati, Ohio.

Newport

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noun

a city and port in SE Wales, in Newport county borough on the River Usk: electronics. Pop: 116 143 (2001)
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)
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)
a town in S England, administrative centre of the Isle of Wight. Pop: 22 957 (2001)

Newport

Resort city in southeastern Rhode Island .

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Notes

Famed for summer homes of nineteenth-century millionaires.

Center of yachting in the United States.

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Newport Harbor 5, Huntington Beach 2: Tyler Clark earned the win for Newport Harbor, which took two of three games from the No. 1-ranked Oilers.

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"I started going around, like, Swansea, Port Talbot, Cardiff and Newport, looking for any little bit of architecture that I could find that might pass as a little bit Americana," he said.

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More than 20 schools in Essex are taking part in the pilot, including Newport Primary School near Saffron Walden.

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Rail replacement transport is being organised between Newport and Cardiff Central, and Cardiff Central and Caerphilly.

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Stirling, a Laguna Niguel resident, was pulled over Thursday night for a traffic violation on his motorcycle, the Newport Beach Police Department said in a news release.

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