NEWPORT

NEWPORT,
1, capital of the Isle of Wight, and near its centre; in its vicinity is Carisbrooke Castle, where Charles I. was imprisoned.
2, The largest town in Monmouth, at the mouth of the Usk, engaged in manufacture of various kinds, but chiefly as a port for the export of minerals, which is very large.
3, A town in Rhode Island, U.S., a fashionable watering-place, as well as a manufacturing; was for a time the residence of Bishop Berkeley.