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NEWCASTLE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A port city in northeastern England on the River Tyne; a center for coal exports (giving rise to the expression 'carry coals to Newcastle' meaning to do something unnecessary)
Synonyms:
Newcastle; Newcastle-upon-Tyne
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Instance hypernyms:
city; metropolis; urban center (a large and densely populated urban area; may include several independent administrative districts)
port (a place (seaport or airport) where people and merchandise can enter or leave a country)
Holonyms ("Newcastle" is a part of...):
England (a division of the United Kingdom)
Context examples:
Newcastle disease virus.
(NDV, NCI Dictionary)
We shall be at Newcastle all the winter, and I dare say there will be some balls, and I will take care to get good partners for them all.
(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)
The day of his and Lydia's departure soon came, and Mrs. Bennet was forced to submit to a separation, which, as her husband by no means entered into her scheme of their all going to Newcastle, was likely to continue at least a twelvemonth.
(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)
