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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • A borough of southeast Isle of Man, England, on the Irish Sea. It is a popular seaside resort and the most important city on the island.
  • Marjory Stoneman,American journalist and conservationist who worked to preserve the Florida Everglades, a region she described in Everglades: River of Grass (1947).
  • Kirk,American actor noted for his portrayal of tough characters in films such as Champion (1949) and Spartacus (1960).

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  • proper noun A Scottish surname.
  • proper noun A male given name transferred from the surname.
  • proper noun The capital of the Isle of Man.

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  • noun United States politician who proposed that individual territories be allowed to decide whether they would have slavery; he engaged in a famous series of debates with Abraham Lincoln (1813-1861)

Etymologies

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From a place name, Goidelic dubh ("black") + glas ("stream").

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