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proper nounA former town, a district of Newport, Cocke County, Tennessee, United States; the former seat of the County of Cocke.
Origin
old + port * (Oldport, Newport, Cocke, TN, US): From being the old New-Port, after the new Newport was established, with the merging of Clifton and New-Port.
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Oldport. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Oldport
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