Davenport - Dictionary Definition and Overview

Davenport :  (noun)
1: a city in eastern Iowa on the Mississippi River across from Moline and Rock Island [syn: Davenport]
2: a small decorative writing desk
3: a large sofa usually convertible into a bed

Based on WordNet 2.0

Davenport : \Dav"en*port\, n. [Based on 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.

Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

Davenport, CA Zip code(s): 95017 Davenport, FL (city, FIPS 16450) Location: 28.16050 N, 81.60494 W Population (1990): 1529 (642 housing units) Area: 3.8 sq km (land), 0.2 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 33837 Davenport, IA (city, FIPS 19000) Location: 41.55675 N, 90.60422 W Population (1990): 95333 (40343 housing units) Area: 158.9 sq km (land), 5.6 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 52802, 52803, 52804, 52806, 52807 Davenport, ND (city, FIPS 18180) Location: 46.71375 N, 97.06881 W Population (1990): 218 (78 housing units) Area: 0.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 58021 Davenport, NE (village, FIPS 12245) Location: 40.31165 N, 97.81011 W Population (1990): 383 (201 housing units) Area: 1.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 68335 Davenport, NY Zip code(s): 13750 Davenport, OK (town, FIPS 19350) Location: 35.70932 N, 96.76557 W Population (1990): 979 (395 housing units) Area: 2.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Davenport, VA Zip code(s): 24239 Davenport, WA (city, FIPS 16795) Location: 47.65128 N, 118.15317 W Population (1990): 1502 (710 housing units) Area: 3.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 99122

Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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