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Pitts⋅burgh
[pits-burg] 
bɜrg
–noun
| a port in SW Pennsylvania, at the confluence of the Allegheny and Monongahela rivers that forms the Ohio River: steel industry. 423,938. |
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| Pitts·burgh (pĭts'bûrg') A city of southwest Pennsylvania at the point where the confluence of the Allegheny and Monongahela rivers forms the Ohio River. Fort Duquesne was built on the site by the French c. 1750 and fell to the British in 1758, when it was renamed Fort Pitt. The village surrounding the fort grew rapidly after the opening of the Northwest Territory. The city today is highly industrialized. Population: 313,000. |
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Pittsburgh
City in southern Pennsylvania.
Note: Leading industrial center, long known for its steel mills and more recently for high-tech industries.
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