Newark

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Newark

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

Rhymes with -uːə(ɹ)k, -ʊəɹk

Where it 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.

proper noun

A civil parish and town with a town council in Nottinghamshire, England.
Similar: Newark-on-Trent
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).
A small city in Independence County, Arkansas.
A city in Alameda County, California.
A city in New Castle County, Delaware.
A village in Kendall County, Illinois.
An unincorporated community in Beech Creek Township, Greene County, Indiana.
A census-designated place in Worcester County, Maryland.
A village in Knox County, Missouri.
An unincorporated community in Kearney County, Nebraska.
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.
An international airport in Essex County, New Jersey.
A village in Wayne County, New York.
A city, the county seat of Licking County, Ohio.
An unincorporated community in Marshall County, South Dakota.
A small city in Tarrant County and Wise County, Texas.
A small town in Caledonia County, Vermont.
An unincorporated community in Wirt County, West Virginia.
A town in Rock County, Wisconsin.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: rutgers, brick city, nwk, ewr, newark-on-trent, ironbound, university heights, forest hill, weequahic, newark bay, nottingham, new windsor, trenton, kearny, new berlin, newington

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@misc{newark_2026,
  title = {Newark},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/newark},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}