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NEWPORT NEWS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Newport News mean?
• NEWPORT NEWS (noun)
The noun NEWPORT NEWS has 1 sense:
1. a port city in southeastern Virginia at the mouth of the James River off Hampton Roads; large shipyards
Familiarity information: NEWPORT NEWS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A port city in southeastern Virginia at the mouth of the James River off Hampton Roads; large shipyards
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 News" is a part of...):
Old Dominion; Old Dominion State; VA; Va.; Virginia (a state in the eastern United States; one of the original 13 colonies; one of the Confederate States in the American Civil War)
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