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dav⋅en⋅port

[dav-uh

n-pawrt, -pohrt]

–noun

1.	a large sofa, often one convertible into a bed.

2.	Chiefly British. a small writing desk.

Origin:
1850–55; the desk is said to be named after a Captain Davenport who first commissioned it

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Dav⋅en⋅port

[dav-uh

n-pawrt, -pohrt]

–noun

1.	John, 1597–1670, Puritan clergyman: one of the founders of New Haven.

2.	a city in E Iowa, on the Mississippi River. 103,264.

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dav·en·port (dāv'ən-pôrt', -pōrt') Pronunciation Key
n.

A large sofa, often convertible into a bed.
A small desk.

[From obsolete davenport, a small writing desk, probably from the name of the manufacturer.]

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Dav·en·port (dāv'ĭn-pôrt', -pōrt') Pronunciation Key
A city of eastern Iowa on the Mississippi River opposite Moline and Rock Island, Illinois. It grew rapidly after the first railroad bridge across the Mississippi was completed in 1856. Population: 98,800.

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Davenport, John 1597-1670.
English Puritan who fled to America in 1637 and helped found a colony at New Haven, Connecticut.

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davenport

"large upholstered couch," 1897, apparently named for the manufacturer. Earlier (1853) "a kind of small ornamental writing table." The proper name is attested from 12c., from a place in Cheshire (O.E. Devennport).

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davenport
noun
1.	a city in eastern Iowa on the Mississippi River across from Moline and Rock Island
2.	a small decorative writing desk
3.	a large sofa usually convertible into a bed

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Davenport, IA (city, FIPS 16390893)
Location: (41.542982, -90.590745)
Population (2000): 98,359 (41,350 housing units)
Area: 62.790723 sq mi (land), 2.149889 sq mi (water)
Zip code(s): 52801, 52802, 52803, 52804, 52806, 52807

Davenport, IA (city, FIPS 19000)
Location: (41.542982, -90.590745)
Population (2000): 98,359 (41,350 housing units)
Area: 62.790723 sq mi (land), 2.149889 sq mi (water)
Zip code(s): 52801, 52802, 52803, 52804, 52806, 52807

Davenport, ND (township, FIPS 01718220)
Location: (46.680355, -97.104462)
Population (2000): 134 (52 housing units)
Area: 35.979920 sq mi (land), 0.000000 sq mi (water)
Zip code(s): 58021

Davenport, ND (city, FIPS 01718180)
Location: (46.714074, -97.067749)
Population (2000): 261 (92 housing units)
Area: 0.124807 sq mi (land), 0.000000 sq mi (water)
Zip code(s): 58021

Davenport, NY (town, FIPS 02519763)
Location: (42.448184, -74.921972)
Population (2000): 2,774 (1,478 housing units)
Area: 52.353489 sq mi (land), 0.130270 sq mi (water)
Zip code(s): 13750

Davenport, NE (precinct, FIPS 16990660)
Location: (40.299746, -97.792431)
Population (2000): 521 (238 housing units)
Area: 44.580087 sq mi (land), 0.027929 sq mi (water)
Zip code(s): 68335

Davenport, FL (city, FIPS 16450)
Location: (28.160530, -81.602651)
Population (2000): 1,924 (913 housing units)
Area: 1.563534 sq mi (land), 0.061506 sq mi (water)
Zip code(s): 33837

Davenport, WA (city, FIPS 16795)
Location: (47.651157, -118.151627)
Population (2000): 1,730 (763 housing units)
Area: 1.513121 sq mi (land), 0.000000 sq mi (water)
Zip code(s): 99122

Davenport, OK (town, FIPS 19350)
Location: (35.707463, -96.764583)
Population (2000): 881 (401 housing units)
Area: 0.814052 sq mi (land), 0.000000 sq mi (water)
Zip code(s): 74026

Davenport, ND (city, FIPS 18180)
Location: (46.714074, -97.067749)
Population (2000): 261 (92 housing units)
Area: 0.124807 sq mi (land), 0.000000 sq mi (water)
Zip code(s): 58021

Davenport, NE (village, FIPS 12245)
Location: (40.313312, -97.812490)
Population (2000): 339 (180 housing units)
Area: 0.660761 sq mi (land), 0.000000 sq mi (water)
Zip code(s): 68335

Davenport, WA (CCD, FIPS 04390848)
Location: (47.710969, -118.111828)
Population (2000): 4,292 (2,188 housing units)
Area: 546.377708 sq mi (land), 8.012545 sq mi (water)
Zip code(s): 99122

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Davenport

Dav"en*port\, n. [From the name of the original maker. --Encyc. Dict.] A kind of small writing table, generally somewhat ornamental, and forming a piece of furniture for the parlor or boudoir.

A much battered davenport in one of the windows, at which sat a lady writing. --A. B. Edwards.

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