Newport (English spelling)

Japanese: ニューポート（英語表記）Newport

An industrial and port city in southeast Wales, United Kingdom. It is a unitary authority. In Welsh, it is called Casnewydd. It is part of the former county of Monmouthshire. In 1974, it became part of the county of Gwent, and in 1996, it became a unitary authority. Newport is located about 20km northeast of Cardiff, on the north bank of the River Severn where the estuary of the river Severn meets the Bristol Channel, and faces the lowest reaches of the River Usk. The town was formed around a castle built in the early 12th century, and prospered in the Middle Ages with many royal charters. Its development as a modern city began in the 19th century, when industries such as steel, aluminum, and machinery developed in the coalfields behind it, which belong to the South Wales coalfields. It developed as a port for exporting coal and other industrial products. Although coal exports stopped in 1964, various industries were carried out in and around the city, and it developed as an industrial city. In particular, since the large Spencer Steelworks, built in Llanwearn in the eastern suburbs, began operations in 1962, it has become one of the UK's leading steel-making centres. Other industries include steel processing, papermaking and chemicals. There are few historical buildings, but St. Wools Cathedral was founded in Norman times and its 15th century tower still remains. There is a motorway bridge over the Severn Estuary and a railway tunnel connecting the area to London. Unitary municipality area: 190 ^km2 . Unitary municipality population: 139,600 (2005 estimate).

Newport
Newport

A port city in the southeastern part of Rhode Island, USA. It is located at the southern tip of the island. It was founded in 1639. It first flourished as a commercial port, competing with Boston and New York, but it declined due to evacuation during the American Revolutionary War, and revived as a summer resort after the Civil War. The Atlantic coast is lined with luxurious villas from the late 19th century. In 1852, MC Perry set sail from here with his black ships, calling for the opening of Japan to the world. It remains an important naval base, with naval facilities such as the naval arsenal, military academy, and submarine research center. It is also known as the venue for the Jazz Music Festival (1954-71) and yacht races. Population 28,227 (1990).

Newport
Newport

The seat of government on the Isle of Wight, an island in the English Channel in the south of England. It faces the innermost part of the estuary of the River Medina, which runs deep into the northern bay of the island. It is believed to have been the site of a Roman settlement known as Medina, and excavations have uncovered the remains of houses from that time, but no traces of the later Anglo-Saxon period remain. It was granted its first royal charter in the late 12th century and developed as a market town. It is a distribution centre for agricultural areas, bustling with trade with the mainland, and is home to factories producing plastics, woodworking, flour milling, beer brewing, mineral water, and more. Population: 22,957 (2001).

Newport
Newport, Christopher

[Born] Around 1565
[Died] October 1617. British sailor, East Indies. He started out as a privateer in the waters of the West Indies, but in 1606 he joined the Virginia Company, commanded the first voyage of a company-owned ship to the New World, and participated in the founding of the Jamestown colony on May 13, 1607. He subsequently made many trips back and forth across the Atlantic, carrying colonists, but the incident in 1609 when he was shipwrecked off the coast of Bermuda is famously said to have been the subject of Shakespeare's play The Tempest.

Newport
Newport

A city on the northern border of Kentucky, United States. Across the Ohio River on the state border is Cincinnati, Ohio. Settlement began in 1790, and the city developed significantly in the 1880s. It is a commercial and industrial center, as well as a residential city. Metal, clothing, and food processing industries are thriving. Population 18,871 (1990).

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Japanese:

イギリス，ウェールズ南東部の工業・港湾都市。単一自治体（ユニタリー unitary authority）。ウェールズ語では Casnewydd。旧モンマスシャー県に属する。1974年の自治体再編でグウェント県の一地区となり，1996年に単一自治体となった。ニューポート市はカーディフの北東約 20km，セバーン川河口の三角江がブリストル海峡となるあたりの北岸に位置し，アスク川最下流部に臨む。12世紀初期に築かれた城を中心に形成された町で，中世には多くの勅許状を得て繁栄。近代都市としての発展は，19世紀に入って南ウェールズ炭田に属する背後の炭田地帯で鉄鋼，アルミニウム，機械などの工業が発達するようになってからで，石炭のほか，それら工業製品の積出港として発展。石炭の積み出しは 1964年に停止したが，市内外で各種工業が行なわれ，工業都市としても発展した。特に東郊のランウェアンに建設された大規模なスペンサー製鋼所が 1962年に操業を開始してからは，イギリス有数の製鋼中心地となった。ほかに鋼加工，製紙，化学などの工業がある。歴史的建築物は少ないが，聖ウーロス聖堂はノルマン時代に創建されたもので，15世紀の塔が現存。セバーン川三角江を橋で越える高速自動車道路，トンネルで越える鉄道によりロンドン方面と連絡。単一自治体面積 190km²。単一自治体人口 13万9600（2005推計）。

ニューポート
Newport

アメリカ合衆国，ロードアイランド州南東部にある港湾都市。ロード島の南端に位置する。 1639年建設された。最初は商港として栄え，ボストン，ニューヨークと繁栄を競ったが，アメリカ独立戦争による疎開などで衰退，南北戦争後は避暑地として復活した。大西洋岸には 19世紀後半の豪華な別荘が立並ぶ。 1852年 M.C.ペリーは黒船を率い，日本開国を求めてここから出航した。現在も重要な海軍基地で，海軍工廠や兵学校，潜水艦研究所など海軍関係の施設がある。ジャズ音楽祭 (1954～71) ，ヨットレースなどの開催地としても知られる。人口2万 8227 (1990) 。

ニューポート
Newport

イギリス，イングランド南部，イギリス海峡に浮かぶワイト島の行政府所在地。同島の北岸から深く湾入するメディナ川の三角江（エスチュアリー）の最奥部に臨む。ローマ時代にメディナ Medinaとして知られる集落があったところと考えられ，当時の住居跡が発掘されているが，その後のアングロ・サクソン時代の痕跡はない。12世紀後期に最初の勅許状が与えられ，市場町として発展。農業地帯の集散地で，本土との取り引きでにぎわうほか，プラスチック，木工，製粉，ビール醸造，ミネラルウォーターなどの工場が立地する。人口 2万2957（2001）。

ニューポート
Newport， Christopher

[生]1565頃
[没]1617.10. 東インド，バンタム
イギリスの船員。初め西インド諸島海域で私掠船活動を行なっていたが，1606年からバージニア会社に入社し，同会社所有船の最初の新大陸への航海を指揮，07年5月 13日ジェームズタウン植民地の建設に参加した。その後何度も大西洋を往復し植民者を運んだが，09年の航海中バミューダ沖で難破した事件は，のちにシェークスピアの戯曲『あらし』 The Tempestの題材となったとされることで有名。