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Definition of Newport News

1. Noun. A port city in southeastern Virginia at the mouth of the James River off Hampton Roads; large shipyards.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Newport News

Literary usage of Newport News

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. South Eastern Reporter by West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, West Publishing Company, South Carolina Supreme Court (1922)
"tiff, after the breach of the contract, at Newport News, and its cost, including the purchase price, freight, and insurance; also that high volatile coal is ..."

2. The Virginia Handbook by Blair Howard, Mary K. Burnham, Bill Burnham (2005)
"Transportation The Newport News/Williamsburg International Airport and the ... Newport News Located between Colonial Williamsburg and Norfolk-Virginia Beach ..."

3. The Road to France: The Transportation of Troops and Military Supplies, 1917 by Benedict Crowell, Robert Forrest Wilson (1921)
"The Newport News Port of Embarkation sent out some hundreds of thousands of ... Also at Newport News was the principal embarkation depot for the horses and ..."

4. The Rebellion Record: A Diary of American Events, with Documents, Narratives by Frank Moore, Edward Everett (1862)
"ISH AT Newport News, VA., ... Hammel, of 's Zouaves, having suspicions of the of a scouting party of rebels not moro se miles from Newport News, ..."

5. The Giant Hand: Our Mobilization and Control of Industry and Natural by Benedict Crowell, Robert Forrest Wilson (1921)
"The Newport News Port of Embarkation sent out some hundreds of thousands of ... Also at Newport News was the principal embarkation depot for the horses and ..."

6. The Americana: A Universal Reference Library, Comprising the Arts and ...edited by Frederick Converse Beach, George Edwin Rines edited by Frederick Converse Beach, George Edwin Rines (1912)
"Newport News, Va., city and port of entry in Warwick County, ... Newport News is governed, under its original charter of 1896, by a mayor, elected every ..."

7. Virginia Law Books: Essays and Bibliographies by William Hamilton Bryson (2000)
"The Ordinances of the City of Newport News from the Incorporation of the ... Newport News: np, 1922. 157 p. An Ordinance to Define Ardent Spirits and to ..."

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