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Newcastle-upon-Tyne   /nˈukˌæsəl-əpˈɑn-taɪn/   Listen
Newcastle-upon-Tyne

noun
1.
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).  Synonym: Newcastle.






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"Newcastle-upon-Tyne" Quotes from Famous Books



... their pauper lunatics: Bedford, Newbury, Buckingham, Carmarthen, Andover, Canterbury, Dover, Hythe, Rochester, Sandwich, Tenterden, King's Lynn, Norwich, Thetford, Yarmouth, Northampton, Berwick-upon-Tweed, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, New Radnor, Bury St. Edmunds, Ipswich, ...
— Chapters in the History of the Insane in the British Isles • Daniel Hack Tuke

... born at Newcastle-upon-Tyne on the 9th of November 1721. His family were Presbyterian Dissenters, and on the 30th of that month he was baptized in the meeting, then held in Hanover Square, by a Mr. Benjamin Bennet. His father, Mark, was ...
— Poetical Works of Akenside - [Edited by George Gilfillan] • Mark Akenside

... pledge of his faith, to keep the armistice on the borders from sea to sea: we command you to tell him, that we shall detain under the ward of our good lieutenant of the Tower in London, the person of William the Lord Douglas, as a close captive, until our prisoners, now in Scotland, arrive safely at Newcastle-upon-Tyne. This mark of supremacy over a rebellious people we owe as a pledge of their homage to our royal father; and as a tribute of our gratitude to him for having allowed us to treat at all with so undutiful a part of ...
— The Scottish Chiefs • Miss Jane Porter



Words linked to "Newcastle-upon-Tyne" :   port, metropolis, England, city, urban center



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