# Newry

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /ˈnjʊəɹi/ · frequency rank #41,277

## Definitions
1. A city in County Armagh and County Down, Northern Ireland.
2. A town in the Shire of Wellington, south eastern Victoria, Australia.

## Etymology
From Irish an iúraigh, the genitive or archaic dative of iúrach (“object made of yew wood”).

## Easily confused with
- **ney** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/newry-vs-ney)
- **news** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/newry-vs-news)
- **newt** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/newry-vs-newt)
- **new** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/new-vs-newry)
- **ner** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ner-vs-newry)
- **near** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/near-vs-newry)
- **nerd** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/nerd-vs-newry)
- **Nero** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/nero-vs-newry)
- **nerf** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/nerf-vs-newry)
- **nary** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/nary-vs-newry)
- **newly** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/newly-vs-newry)
- **newer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/newer-vs-newry)
- **negro** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/negro-vs-newry)
- **needy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/needy-vs-newry)
- **Nehru** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/nehru-vs-newry)
- **nerdy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/nerdy-vs-newry)
- **nelly** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/nelly-vs-newry)
- **nears** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/nears-vs-newry)
- **nearly** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/nearly-vs-newry)
- **nearby** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/nearby-vs-newry)

## Common misspellings (8)
`enwry`, `nerwy`, `newrry`, `newryy`, `newwry`, `newyr`, `nnewry`, `nwery`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/newry