Newark
/ˈnuːəɹk/ name
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- 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.
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- 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.
"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."
- 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.
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More examples"Why Boston? Why not New York City or Newark?"
Etymology
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.