Newark
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈnjuːək/
ipa: /ˈnuːəɹk/
ipa: /nʊəɹk/
topics: city
cities
region
location
note: in Delaware
ipa: /ˈnuːɑːɹk/
rhymes: -uːə(ɹ)k
rhymes: -ʊəɹk
Etymology: Probably from Old English nīewe (“new”) + weorc (“work”). In this case, a perhaps more accurate sense of "work" would be that of a building, as an example of a work of labor. It appears in the Domesday Book of 1086 as Newerche.
Senses: glosses: Any of several places:
A civil parish and town with a town council in Nottinghamshire, England.
synonyms: Newark-on-Trent
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A suburb of Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, England, formerly a hamlet in the parish of Saint Mary the Virgin in the Soke of Peterborough (OS grid ref TF2100).
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A number of places in the United States:
A small city in Independence County, Arkansas.
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A city in Alameda County, California.
glosses: Any of several places:
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A city in New Castle County, Delaware.
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A village in Kendall County, Illinois.
glosses: Any of several places:
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An unincorporated community in Beech Creek Township, Greene County, Indiana.
glosses: Any of several places:
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A census-designated place in Worcester County, Maryland.
glosses: Any of several places:
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A village in Knox County, Missouri.
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An unincorporated community in Kearney County, Nebraska.
examples: text: Earlier on Friday, Watson Coleman posted on social media: "We're at Delaney Hall, an ICE prison in Newark that opened without permission from the city & in violation of local ordinances.
ref: 2025 May 9, Max Matza, “New Jersey mayor arrested in protest at migrant centre”, in BBC, archived from the original on 15 May 2025:
glosses: Any of several places:
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A city, the county seat of Essex County, New Jersey, the largest city in the US with this name.
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An international airport in Essex County, New Jersey.
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A village in Wayne County, New York.
glosses: Any of several places:
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A city, the county seat of Licking County, Ohio.
glosses: Any of several places:
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An unincorporated community in Marshall County, South Dakota.
glosses: Any of several places:
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A small city in Tarrant County and Wise County, Texas.
glosses: Any of several places:
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A small town in Caledonia County, Vermont.
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An unincorporated community in Wirt County, West Virginia.
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A town in Rock County, Wisconsin.
Derived terms: Newark and Sherwood
Newarker
Newarkite
Newark-on-Trent