Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- A city of northeast New Jersey on Newark Bay, an inlet of the Atlantic Ocean, opposite Jersey City and west of New York City. It was settled by Puritans in 1666 and is today a heavily industrialized port of entry.
- A city of central Ohio east of Columbus. It was founded in 1802 on the site of ancient earthworks erected by the Hopewell between about 100 BC and AD 400.
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- proper noun Any of several place names, see Wikipedia:Newark
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the largest city in New Jersey; located in northeastern New Jersey
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See, too, for further interesting and conclusive evidence that the ornament on p. 187 of the L.P. copies was not printed from the Newark block, _Newark as a Publishing Town_, by T.M. Blagg, 1898, pp. 28-30.
The Works of Lord Byron, Vol. 7. Poetry George Gordon Byron Byron 1806
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NEWARK - An Essex County grand jury today declined to indict a Newark special police officer charged in April with collecting money for hours he never worked.
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NEWARK - When Joseph Iadipaoli was convicted of molesting four Newark children, the Essex
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An hour later, she tweeted: "Ugh stuck in newark traffic is no fun," drawing a reprimand from Newark Mayor Cory A. Booker.
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NEWARK — A brief argument on a Newark street corner early Tuesday morning may have driven a
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An hour later, she tweeted: "Ugh stuck in newark traffic is no fun," drawing a reprimand from Newark Mayor Cory A. Booker.
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NEWARK - Newark parolees are being scrutinized more closely thanks to a new data-sharing agreement between the state Parole Board and city police.
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NEWARK - A public plaza between two government buildings in Newark now bears the name of New Jersey Congressman Donald M. Payne in tribute to his long career in public service.
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NEWARK - For almost 10 months, the Newark and Union City fire departments had been looking at a possible merger to offer better service.
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NEWARK - New Jersey officials say a Newark hospital did not follow proper procedure when a
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