Newquay

//ˈnjuːkiː// name

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Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A town and civil parish with a town council, on the north coast of Cornwall, south west England (OS grid ref SW8161).

Etymology

From new + quay, for a quay built here in the 15th century.

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