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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 shipyardsplay

  Familiarity information: NEWPORT NEWS used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


NEWPORT NEWS (noun)


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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