Newark

Probably from Old English nīewe (“new”) + weorc (“work”). In this case, a perhaps more accurate sense of "work" would be that of a building, as an example of a work of labor. It appears in the Domesday Book of 1086 as Newerche.

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈnjuːək/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈnuː.əɹk/, /nʊəɹk/
• Rhymes: -uːə(ɹ)k, -ʊəɹk

Newark

1. Any of several places:
   1. A civil parish and town with a town council in Nottinghamshire, England. [1]

      Synonym: Newark-on-Trent

   2. A suburb of Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, England, formerly a hamlet in the parish of Saint Mary the Virgin in the Soke of Peterborough (OS grid ref TF2100). [2]
   3. A number of places in the United States:
      1. A small city in Independence County, Arkansas.
      2. A city in Alameda County, California.
      3. A city in New Castle County, Delaware.
      4. A village in Kendall County, Illinois.
      5. An unincorporated community in Beech Creek Township, Greene County, Indiana.
      6. A census-designated place in Worcester County, Maryland.
      7. A village in Knox County, Missouri.
      8. An unincorporated community in Kearney County, Nebraska.
      9. A city, the county seat of Essex County, New Jersey, the largest city in the US with this name.
      10. An international airport in Essex County, New Jersey.
      11. A village in Wayne County, New York.
      12. A city, the county seat of Licking County, Ohio.
      13. An unincorporated community in Marshall County, South Dakota.
      14. A small city in Tarrant County and Wise County, Texas.
      15. A small town in Caledonia County, Vermont.
      16. An unincorporated community in Wirt County, West Virginia.
      17. A town in Rock County, Wisconsin.

• Newark and Sherwood
• Newark-on-Trent

• Warnke, wanker