NEWPORT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Newport mean? 

• NEWPORT (noun)
  The noun NEWPORT has 2 senses:

1. a port city in southeastern Wales

2. a resort city in southeastern Rhode Island; known for the summer homes of millionaires; important yachting center

  Familiarity information: NEWPORT used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• NEWPORT (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A port city in southeastern Wales

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Instance hypernyms:

city; metropolis; urban center (a large and densely populated urban area; may include several independent administrative districts)

port (a place (seaport or airport) where people and merchandise can enter or leave a country)

Holonyms ("Newport" is a part of...):

Cambria; Cymru; Wales (one of the four countries that make up the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland; during Roman times the region was known as Cambria)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A resort city in southeastern Rhode Island; known for the summer homes of millionaires; important yachting center

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Instance hypernyms:

city; metropolis; urban center (a large and densely populated urban area; may include several independent administrative districts)

Holonyms ("Newport" is a part of...):

Little Rhody; Ocean State; R.I.; Rhode Island; RI (a state in New England; one of the original 13 colonies; the smallest state)