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.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Newport’s News | 0 |
Statements (28)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
former place name
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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
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Virginia ⓘ Virginia Peninsula NERFINISHED ⓘ coastal Virginia ⓘ |
| locatedNear |
Hampton Roads
NERFINISHED
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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
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United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| region | Tidewater Virginia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| status |
defunct settlement name
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historical name only ⓘ |
| timePeriod | early 17th century ⓘ |
| toponymType | settlement name ⓘ |
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