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Newark

proper noun

  1. place name
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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ˈnjuːək/ / /ˈnuːəɹk/ / /nʊəɹk/

name

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.

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    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.

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