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Atlantic City

–noun
a city in SE New Jersey: seashore resort. 40,199.
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Atlantic City  
A city of southeast New Jersey on the Atlantic Ocean. It is a popular resort and convention center with a famous boardwalk. Legalized gambling was introduced in 1978. Population: 40,000.
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Atlantic City

City in southeastern New Jersey.

Note: A seaside resort and convention center. Gambling, which has been legal there since the 1970s, draws many visitors. The Boardwalk, which was first built in the late nineteenth century, is lined with shops and hotels.
Note: The street names of Atlantic City were used in the game Monopoly.
The American Heritage® New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition
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