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  • 61Green Bay — 1. an arm of Lake Michigan, in NE Wisconsin. 120 mi. (195 km) long. 2. a port in E Wisconsin at the S end of this bay. 87,899. [1810 20, Amer.] * * * City (pop., 2000: 102,313), northeastern Wisconsin, U.S. Located on the Fox River at Green Bay,… …

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  • 62Menasha — /meuh nash euh/, n. a city in E Wisconsin. 14,728. * * * ▪ Wisconsin, United States       city, Winnebago and Calumet counties, east central Wisconsin, U.S. It lies along Lake Winnebago and the north channel of the Fox River, just south of… …

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  • 63Neenah — /nee neuh/, n. a city in E Wisconsin. 23,272. * * * ▪ Wisconsin, United States       city, Winnebago county, east central Wisconsin, U.S. It lies on Lake Winnebago and the Fox River, just south of Appleton. The city, with adjoining Menasha to the …

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  • 64Oshkosh — /osh kosh/, n. a city in E Wisconsin, on Lake Winnebago. 49,678. * * * ▪ Wisconsin, United States       city, seat (1848) of Winnebago county, east central Wisconsin, U.S. It lies on the western shore of Lake Winnebago where the Fox River enters …

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  • 65Ottawa — /ot euh weuh/, n., pl. Ottawas, (esp. collectively) Ottawa for 5. 1. a city in and the capital of Canada, in SE Ontario. 304,462. 2. a river in SE Canada, flowing SE along the boundary between Ontario and Quebec into the St. Lawrence at Montreal …

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  • 66portage — /pawr tij, pohr /, or, for 2, 3, 5, 6, /pawr tahzh /, n., v., portaged, portaging. n. 1. the act of carrying; carriage. 2. the carrying of boats, goods, etc., overland from one navigable water to another. 3. the route over which this is done. 4.… …

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  • 67Portage — /pawr tij, pohr /, n. 1. a city in SW Michigan. 38,157. 2. a town in NW Indiana. 27,409. * * * ▪ Wisconsin, United States       city, seat (1851) of Columbia county, south central Wisconsin, U.S. It lies along the Fox and Wisconsin (Wisconsin… …

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  • 68Quapaw — /kwaw paw /, n., pl. Quapaws, (esp. collectively) paw for 1. 1. a member of a North American Indian people formerly of Arkansas, now living mostly in northeastern Oklahoma. 2. the Siouan language of the Quapaw. * * * ▪ people also called… …

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  • 69summit — summital, adj. summitless, adj. /sum it/, n. 1. the highest point or part, as of a hill, a line of travel, or any object; top; apex. 2. the highest point of attainment or aspiration: the summit of one s ambition. 3. the highest state or degree. 4 …

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  • 70Summit — /sum it/, n. 1. a city in NE New Jersey. 21,071. 2. a city in NE Illinois. 10,110. * * * ▪ Illinois, United States       village, Cook county, northeastern Illinois, U.S. Summit is a suburb of Chicago, located about 13 miles (21 km) southwest of… …

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