Newport’s News (historic English settlement name)

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Newport’s News was an early English colonial settlement in what is now coastal Virginia, whose name later evolved into and inspired the modern city name Newport News.

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instanceOf former place name
historic English colonial settlement
associatedWith development of Newport News shipbuilding and port area (geographic continuity, not temporal overlap)
colonialPower England NERFINISHED
country Kingdom of England
etymologyRelation source of the modern city name “Newport News”
followedBy Newport News, Virginia NERFINISHED
hasHistoricalSignificance early English colonial toponym in Virginia
historicalRelation early English settlement preceding the modern city of Newport News
inspiredNameOf Newport News, Virginia NERFINISHED
languageOfName English
locatedIn Colony of Virginia NERFINISHED
Virginia
Virginia Peninsula NERFINISHED
coastal Virginia
locatedNear Hampton Roads NERFINISHED
James River NERFINISHED
locatedOn Virginia Peninsula waterfront NERFINISHED
nameEvolvedInto Newport News NERFINISHED
partOf English colonial America NERFINISHED
precededBy indigenous settlements in coastal Virginia
presentDayLocation Newport News, Virginia NERFINISHED
United States NERFINISHED
region Tidewater Virginia NERFINISHED
status defunct settlement name
historical name only
timePeriod early 17th century
toponymType settlement name

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Newport News, Virginia namedAfter Newport’s News (historic English settlement name)