Meanings
proper noun
- A city and municipality of West Flanders, Belgium.
Ypres was not the actual start of the front; that distinction belongs to Nieuport, a city on the North Sea twentyodd miles down the river Yser from Ypres.
1986 November 29, Jack Beatty, “Along the Western Front”, in The Atlantic, archived from the original on 18 Jul 2022
Origin
- DutchNieuwpoort
- FrenchNieuport
- EnglishNieuport
Borrowed from French Nieuport, from Dutch Nieuwpoort.
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APA
Nieuport. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Nieuport
MLA
“Nieuport.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Nieuport. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Nieuport,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Nieuport.
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