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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- A city of southeast Georgia near the mouth of the Savannah River. Founded by James Oglethorpe in 1733, it is the oldest city in Georgia and has been a major port since the early 1800s.
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- proper noun The name of a
river and severalcities in theUnited States . - proper noun A female
given name from the wordsavannah or from the place name; also spelledSavanna . - noun A
domestic cat breed .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a port in eastern Georgia near the mouth of the Savannah river
- noun a river in South Carolina that flows southeast to the Atlantic
- noun a flat grassland in tropical or subtropical regions
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Examples
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MAY 20, 1997; SAVANNAH, TN: Thirty-four individuals arrested on felony drug charges following a 6-month "Operation Crack of Dawn" effort for selling crack cocaine and marijuana in and around public housing developments in Savannah and Hardin County.
Vp Announces Strategy Vs Crime In Public Housing ITY National Archives 1997
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Another great event in Savannah history was the departure from that port, in 1819, of the _City of Savannah_, the first steamship to cross the Atlantic.
American Adventures A Second Trip 'Abroad at home' Julian Street 1913
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SAVANNAH, GA., on Savannah river eighteen miles from the ocean, and ninety-six miles South-West of Charleston, S. C., is the largest, commercial city in the State.
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SAVANNAH, GA (WTOC) - Moving back home was supposed to be the easy part, but some residents at the Woods of Savannah are finding that's not the case.
unknown title 2009
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SAVANNAH, GA (December 16, 2009) - Savannah firefighters who work Christmas day will be getting a little help in preparing a holiday meal thanks to the Georgia Firefighters Burn Foundation, Inc.
News for WSAV 2009
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Of the town of Savannah, the Baron Von Reck favors us with the following impressions: "I went to view this rising Town, _Savannah_, seated upon the Banks of a River of the same Name.
Southern Literature From 1579-1895 A comprehensive review, with copious extracts and criticisms for the use of schools and the general reader Louise Manly 1896
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I took a Low Country cooking class in Savannah a couple of years ago and pecan pie was on the agenda.
Apples & Leaves Pie Top Cutter and a Giveaway! | Baking Bites 2009
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Flannery grew up — in Savannah and in Atlanta and, from 1938, in the Cline mansion in Milledgeville — with black servants floating around and a sense of herself as part of the genteel, bigoted, spottily educated stratum of landed whites.
Touched by Evil Joseph O'Neil 2009
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Also, AC/DC bassist Cliff Williams lists a renovated 19th-century townhouse in Savannah, Ga., and his longtime home in Fort Myers, Fla.
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We just got back from a trip in Savannah, GA -- I had no idea that banana pudding was so big in the South.
Banana pudding ice cream | Homesick Texan Homesick Texan 2009
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