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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- English politician, soldier, and patron of Shakespeare as well as a number of other Elizabethan poets. Shakespeare's Venus and Adonis and Rape of Lucrece are dedicated to him.
- A city of south-central England on an inlet of the English Channel opposite the Isle of Wight. Founded on the site of Roman and Saxon settlements, it has long been a major port, especially for passenger ships.
- A village of southeast New York on the southeast coast of Long Island. It is primarily a summer resort.
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- proper noun a
city in southernEngland
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Examples
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"You can't price your property based on prices from even a couple of years ago," said Tim Davis, senior managing director at Corcoran Group in Southampton, who currently has several listings currently on the market at reduced prices.
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“At the stroke of midnight, ships in Southampton docks sounded their horns and a searchlight flashed out the letter ‘V,’ for ‘victory,’ in Morse code across the sky.”
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"It's the nouveau riche that go out and spend without hesitation — Southampton is a lot of old money."
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Leading the recent departures is Saks Fifth Avenue, which closed the doors on its majestic brick building, a former site of Southampton City Hall, on Oct. 9 after doing business in Southampton for nearly 60 years.
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Peter Turino, a broker with Brown Harris Stevens in East Hampton, says the market in Southampton is starting to emerge from a dark period last year.
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A classic estate cottage in Southampton that was originally listed at $17.5 million was reduced to $13.5 million over the summer and was eventually sold at that price in August.
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A cast member of the hit Bravo reality show “Real Housewives of New York City” was busted for DWI early Monday morning in Southampton Village.
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Southampton is getting an Odeon IMAX of its own, report Business of Cinema.
/Film UK - Britain’s Bigelow, Frankie Boyle Does Superheroes, Reel Music and More | /Film 2010
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She recited her on-the – fly wishes: "That we have a great year of health and happiness; for a second grandchild, if that would please my daughter, Samantha; that I go on being happily married; that the sun comes out today; that I can keep on doing my aerobic walks in Southampton; that we all get invited back to Antony's, and that I sell at least 20,000 books."
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Gordon Grant Saks Fifth Avenue had done business in Southampton for nearly 60 years before it closed on Oct. 9.
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