a port in NE England, in South Tyneside unitary authority, Tyne and Wear: ruined monastery where the Venerable Bede lived and died; its unemployed marched on London in the 1930s; shipyards, oil installations, iron and steel works. Pop: 27 526 (2001)
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Jar•row
( jar′ō),USA pronunciation n.
- Place Namesa seaport in Tyne and Wear, in NE England, near the mouth of the Tyne River. 28,779.
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