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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- A city of northeast Florida near the mouth of the Saint Johns River. It was settled in the late 1700s on the site of a Huguenot colony (1564–1565) that was destroyed by Spanish forces from St. Augustine. Jacksonville is now a major port and commercial center.
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- proper noun Name for a number of cities and towns in the
United States , including the largest city inFlorida .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun Florida's largest city; a port and important commercial center in northeastern Florida
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JACKSONVILLE - Lawrence Jay's shop in Jacksonville has been a fixture since the early days of the city's growth.
Daily Progress, Jacksonville, TX Homepage Nathan Straus 2010
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JACKSONVILLE, FL --- For the second straight year, defensive lineman Derrick Mitchell (Jacksonville, FL First Coast) showed up at the Jacksonville Under Armour combine and made a statement.
GatorCountry.com - Latest Headlines ray@gatorcountry.com 2010
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JACKSONVILLE - Lawrence Jay's shop in Jacksonville has been a fixture since the early days of the city's growth.
Daily Progress, Jacksonville, TX Homepage Nathan Straus 2010
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JACKSONVILLE, September 8, 2009 Solar Energy Initiatives, Inc. [OTCBB: SNRY] today announced a partnership with three Jacksonville job training and placement agencies to train displaced workers as solar energy installation and maintenance technicians.
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JACKSONVILLE - A Jacksonville man has pleaded guilty to DUI manslaughter in a crash that left a St. John's County deputy dead.
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JACKSONVILLE - Lawrence Jay's shop in Jacksonville has been a fixture since the early days of the city's growth.
Daily Progress, Jacksonville, TX Homepage Nathan Straus 2010
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JACKSONVILLE -- February 5, 2009: Tim Clarke has been tapped as the new programmer at Cox Radio's Top 40 WAPE / Jacksonville, coming over from the MD job at sister WBLI / Nassau-Suffolk.
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JACKSONVILLE, FL -- The NAACP is calling on change in Jacksonville after recent gunfire at Ribault High School and other shootings.
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JACKSONVILLE, FL -- Job News is hosting a job fair today in Jacksonville.
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JACKSONVILLE, Fla -- The First Alert Weather Team is keeping an eye on dense fog which has developed from Jacksonville north into Coastal Georgia.
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