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

  • A town of eastern Scotland southeast of Dundee on the North Sea. It is home to Scotland's oldest university, the University of St. Andrews (founded 1413), and to several famous golf courses.

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  • Watson had grown up on the rocky coast of New Brunswick in a village with the lyrical name Saint Andrews by the Sea.

    The Whale Warriors Peter Heller 2007

  • Watson had grown up on the rocky coast of New Brunswick in a village with the lyrical name Saint Andrews by the Sea.

    The Whale Warriors Peter Heller 2007

  • Over one million people (about 43% of the total) live in Kingston, Saint Andrews, and Saint Catherine, the main urban centers, while Trelawny Parish has the lowest density with 83 inhabitants/km2.

    Water profile of Jamaica 2009

  • There is also the special treatment -- travel for government officials on corporate jets at cut-rate prices, choice seats at sports events, cushy junkets like golf trips to Saint Andrews, Scotland, arranged on occasion by the now-disgraced Jack Abramoff and his associates -- gifts that House Republicans now want to make illegal.

    CNN Transcript Jan 18, 2006 2006

  • Weel, my lord, you are welcome to London; and, as ye seem an acute and learned youth, I advise ye to turn your neb northward as soon as ye like, and settle yoursell for a while at Saint Andrews, and we will be right glad to hear that you prosper in your studies. —

    The Fortunes of Nigel 2004

  • Mike Boettcher, thank you very much for that live report from Saint Andrews, Scotland.

    CNN Transcript Jun 11, 2002 2002

  • At this hour, an international conference on terrorism is being held in Saint Andrews, Scotland.

    CNN Transcript Jun 11, 2002 2002

  • He came to Saint Andrews and gave a course of lectures, it being the custom then for colleges to “exchange pulpits.”

    Little Journeys to the Homes of Great Reformers Hubbard, Elbert, 1856-1915 1916

  • He was translated, to the See of Saint Andrews and

    The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 13: Revelation-Stock 1840-1916 1913

  • Bannister was born in the town of Saint Andrews, New Brunswick, and was educated and grew up there.

    Men of Mark: Eminent, Progressive and Rising 1887

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