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An⋅do⋅ver

[an-doh-ver, -duh-]
–noun
a city in NE Massachusetts. 26,370.
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An·do·ver   (ān'dō'vər, -də-)   
A town of northeast Massachusetts south of Lawrence. Phillips Andover Academy (founded 1778) is here. Population: 33,500.
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Andover

marketmarket town, Test Valley district, administrative and historic county of Hampshire, England. It lies among chalk hills on the River Anton, a tributary of the Test, about 14 miles (22 km) northwest of Winchester and about 17 miles (27 km) northeast of Salisbury. The area is rich in prehistoric earthworks and tumuli. The witan (Anglo-Saxon national council) met there.

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