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Newman

UK/ˈnjuːmən/US/ˈnumən/

Newman proper noun: a surname transferred from the nickname.

Proper noun

Newman

  1. A surname transferred from the nickname.
    • For quotations using this term, see Citations:Newman.
  2. A male given name transferred from the surname.
  3. A city in Stanislaus County, California.
  4. A minor city in Douglas County, Illinois.
  5. An unincorporated community in Jefferson County, Kansas.
  6. An unincorporated community in Daviess County, Kentucky.
  7. An unincorporated community in Otero County, New Mexico.
  8. An unincorporated community in Stark County, Ohio, named after Newman Creek.
  9. A neighbourhood of El Paso, Texas.
  10. A number of townships in the United States, listed under Newman Township.
  11. A town in the Shire of East Pilbara, Pilbara region, in the north of Western Australia, originally named Mount Newman after a local mountain.

Origin of Newman

From new + man: a "newcomer".

Words formed from Newman

Words that rhyme with Newman

Questions about Newman

What does Newman mean?
Newman means a surname transferred from the nickname.
What part of speech is Newman?
Newman is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce Newman?
Newman is pronounced /ˈnjuːmən/ (UK).

Words near Newman in the dictionary

  1. newmade
  2. Newmains
  3. newmake
  4. newmakes
  5. newmaking
  6. Newman
  7. Newman-Goldfarb protocol
  8. Newman-Goldfarb protocols
  9. Newman-Kwart rearrangement
  10. Newman-Kwart rearrangements
  11. Newmanise

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Newman (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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