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Newark

/ˈnjuːək/US/ˈnuːəɹk/

Newark proper noun: a civil parish and town with a town council in Nottinghamshire, England.

Proper noun

Newark

  1. A civil parish and town with a town council in Nottinghamshire, England.
    Synonyms:
    Newark-on-Trent
  2. 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).
  3. A small city in Independence County, Arkansas.
  4. A city in Alameda County, California.
  5. A city in New Castle County, Delaware.
  6. A village in Kendall County, Illinois.
  7. An unincorporated community in Beech Creek Township, Greene County, Indiana.
  8. A census-designated place in Worcester County, Maryland.
  9. A village in Knox County, Missouri.
  10. An unincorporated community in Kearney County, Nebraska.
  11. A city, the county seat of Essex County, New Jersey, the largest city in the US with this name.
    • 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.2025 May 9, Max Matza, “New Jersey mayor arrested in protest at migrant centre”, in BBC, archived from the original on 15 May 2025
  12. An international airport in Essex County, New Jersey.
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  1. A village in Wayne County, New York.
  2. A city, the county seat of Licking County, Ohio.
  3. An unincorporated community in Marshall County, South Dakota.
  4. A small city in Tarrant County and Wise County, Texas.
  5. A small town in Caledonia County, Vermont.
  6. An unincorporated community in Wirt County, West Virginia.
  7. A town in Rock County, Wisconsin.

Synonyms of Newark

Origin of Newark

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.

Words formed from Newark

Questions about Newark

What does Newark mean?
Newark means a civil parish and town with a town council in Nottinghamshire, England.
What part of speech is Newark?
Newark is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce Newark?
Newark is pronounced /ˈnjuːək/ (UK).

Words near Newark in the dictionary

  1. Newah
  2. Newall
  3. Newall with Clifton
  4. Newar
  5. Newari
  6. Newark
  7. Newark and Sherwood
  8. Newark Valley
  9. Newark-on-Trent
  10. Newarker
  11. Newarkers

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