Newmarket

Meaning

1. A townland in County Kilkenny, Ireland.
2. A long, close-fitting cloak.
3. A card game in which players try to play their cards in a sequence selected by cards from a second deck.
4. A hamlet in Nailsworth parish, Stroud district, Gloucestershire, England (OS grid ref ST8399).
5. A hamlet in Clay Cross parish, North East Derbyshire district, Derbyshire, England (OS grid ref SK3863).
6. A town in north-west County Cork, Ireland (Irish grid ref R 3107).
7. A settlement just north of Stornoway, Western Isles council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NB4235).
8. A market town and civil parish in West Suffolk district, Suffolk, England, previously in Forest Heath district, with a famous racecourse (OS grid ref TL6463).
9. A town in Ontario, Canada.
10. A ghost town in Marion County, Missouri, United States.

Etymology / origin

The cloak and card game are named after the English town.

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