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Newark.

Any of several places:

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Meaning & usage

name/ˈnjuːək/UK/ˈnuːəɹk/US/nʊəɹk/US/ˈnuːɑːɹk/US

  1. Any of several places: A civil parish and town with a town council in Nottinghamshire, England.

  2. Any of several places: 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. Any of several places: A number of places in the United States: A small city in Independence County, Arkansas.

  4. Any of several places: A number of places in the United States: A city in Alameda County, California.

  5. Any of several places: A number of places in the United States: A city in New Castle County, Delaware.

  6. Any of several places: A number of places in the United States: A village in Kendall County, Illinois.

  7. Any of several places: A number of places in the United States: An unincorporated community in Beech Creek Township, Greene County, Indiana.

  8. Any of several places: A number of places in the United States: A census-designated place in Worcester County, Maryland.

  9. Any of several places: A number of places in the United States: A village in Knox County, Missouri.

  10. Any of several places: A number of places in the United States: An unincorporated community in Kearney County, Nebraska.

  11. Any of several places: A number of places in the United States: A city, the county seat of Essex County, New Jersey, the largest city in the US with this name.

  12. Any of several places: A number of places in the United States: An international airport in Essex County, New Jersey.

  13. Any of several places: A number of places in the United States: A village in Wayne County, New York.

  14. Any of several places: A number of places in the United States: A city, the county seat of Licking County, Ohio.

  15. Any of several places: A number of places in the United States: An unincorporated community in Marshall County, South Dakota.

  16. Any of several places: A number of places in the United States: A small city in Tarrant County and Wise County, Texas.

  17. Any of several places: A number of places in the United States: A small town in Caledonia County, Vermont.

  18. Any of several places: A number of places in the United States: An unincorporated community in Wirt County, West Virginia.

  19. Any of several places: A number of places in the United States: A town in Rock County, Wisconsin.

Where this word comes from

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.

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