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  • A city of northwest Washington on Bellingham Bay southeast of Vancouver, Canada. Settled in 1852, it grew as a port of entry.

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  • proper noun a city in Washington state, USA

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  • noun a town in northwestern Washington on a bay near the Canadian border

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Examples

  • MRS BELLINGHAM: He addressed me in several handwritings with fulsome compliments as a Venus in furs and alleged profound pity for my frostbound coachman Palmer while in the same breath he expressed himself as envious of his earflaps and fleecy sheepskins and of his fortunate proximity to my person, when standing behind my chair wearing my livery and the armorial bearings of the Bellingham escutcheon garnished sable,

    Ulysses James Joyce 1911

  • BELLINGHAM - An online property information system will let residents use the same tools as city staff when researching properties in and around Bellingham.

    The Bellingham Herald: Sports News 2010

  • BELLINGHAM -- After two full days of searching, officials still have found no sign of two men who vanished after their small sailboat overturned late Thursday in Chuckanut Bay near Bellingham.

    WN.com - Articles related to Invasive plant killing Dartmouth lake 2009

  • Sunday in Bellingham is usually a pretty relaxed affair.

    Archive 2007-08-01 Anne-Marie 2007

  • Sunday in Bellingham is usually a pretty relaxed affair.

    Happy Sunday! Anne-Marie 2007

  • Police say the body found Wednesday in Bellingham Bay is Dwight Clark, the 18-year-old Western Washington University student who has been missing for more than a week.

    Dwight Clark's Body Found In Bellingham Bay seattlepi.com 2010

  • Police say the body found Wednesday in Bellingham Bay is Dwight Clark, the 18-year-old Western Washington University student who has been missing for more than a week.

    Dwight Clark's Body Found In Bellingham Bay The Huffington Post News Team 2010

  • Police say the body found Wednesday in Bellingham Bay is Dwight Clark, the 18-year-old Western Washington University student who has been missing for more than ...

    Dwight Clark's Body Found In Bellingham Bay seattlepi.com 2010

  • Housing prices are slightly higher in Bellingham, though.

    Better, Cheaper, Uncrowded Retirement Towns Cristina Lourosa-Ricardo 2010

  • Sociologists Jay Teachman of Western Washington University in Bellingham and Daniel Lichter of Cornell University in Ithaca, N.Y., say the new study is promising because it asks detailed questions of young adults and can monitor relationship progression from dating to cohabitation.

    Couples study debunks 'trial marriage' notion of cohabiting 2009

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