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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 several cities in the United States.
  • proper noun A female given name from the word savannah or from the place name; also spelled Savanna.
  • 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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