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.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈnjuːək/
- (US) IPA(key): /ˈnuː.əɹk/, /nʊəɹk/
- Rhymes: -uːə(ɹ)k, -ʊəɹk
Proper noun
Newark
- Any of several places:
- A civil parish and town with a town council in Nottinghamshire, England. [1]
- Synonym: 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). [2]
- A number of places in the United States:
- 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.
- 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.