Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- A town of southwest England south-southwest of Bristol. There are extensive remains of an Iron Age village nearby. Glastonbury is the traditional site of King Arthur's Isle of Avalon.
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- proper noun A town in
Somerset ,England . - proper noun The Glastonbury Festival.
- proper noun A town in
Connecticut .
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Glastonbury* This year Glastonbury turns 40 and to celebrate BBC Red
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GLASTONBURY (AFP) - Indie rockers Blur returned to the Glastonbury festival Sunday for the first music that included Bruce Springsteen and Neil Young.
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I totally understand if you don't personally like the music, but I think Glastonbury is one of the few things that the BBC does well - and I'm hardly the BBC's biggest fan.
For the benefit of the BBC "I DON'T CARE ABOUT GLASTONBURY !"
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"I see this as a temporary blip for Buffett," says Paul Howard, an independent analyst in Glastonbury, Conn.
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If you ever need to identify my body, my dentist is Dr. David Moskow, in Glastonbury, CT.
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Okay, it's after nine o'clock, and snow means that if I am going to be in Glastonbury at eleven, I need to start now with hot water and preparations.
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King Arthur, whom you've no doubt heard stories of, was buried there in Glastonbury with his queen.
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The second place that elicited a strong spiritual response is the Tor in Glastonbury, England.
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Legends of King Arthur abound in Glastonbury, and the Tor is said to be the mystical Isle of Avalon because when shrouded in fog, this mound seems to float in the air.
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U2 played two unreleased tunes -- the ballad "North Star" and the rocker "Glastonbury" -- at their first show back since
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