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NEWBURGH
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Newburgh mean?
• NEWBURGH (noun)
The noun NEWBURGH has 1 sense:
1. a town on the Hudson River in New York; in 1782 and 1783 it was George Washington's headquarters
Familiarity information: NEWBURGH used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A town on the Hudson River in New York; in 1782 and 1783 it was George Washington's headquarters
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Instance hypernyms:
town (an urban area with a fixed boundary that is smaller than a city)
Holonyms ("Newburgh" is a part of...):
Empire State; N.Y.; New York; New York State; NY (a Mid-Atlantic state; one of the original 13 colonies)
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