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Oldport

Oldport proper noun: a former town, a district of Newport, Cocke County, Tennessee, United States; the former seat of the County of Cocke.

Proper noun

Oldport

  1. A former town, a district of Newport, Cocke County, Tennessee, United States; the former seat of the County of Cocke.
    • (former name)
    Synonyms:
    New Port, New-Port, Oldtown, Old Newport

Synonyms of Oldport

  • New Port
  • New-Port
  • Oldtown
  • Old Newport

Origin of Oldport

old + port * (Oldport, Newport, Cocke, TN, US): From being the old New-Port, after the new Newport was established, with the merging of Clifton and New-Port.

Questions about Oldport

What does Oldport mean?
Oldport means a former town, a district of Newport, Cocke County, Tennessee, United States; the former seat of the County of Cocke.
What part of speech is Oldport?
Oldport is a proper noun.

Words near Oldport in the dictionary

  1. oldmen
  2. oldness
  3. oldnesses
  4. Oldowan
  5. Oldowans
  6. Oldport
  7. Oldridge
  8. Oldroyd
  9. olds
  10. Olds Cove
  11. oldschool

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