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Ben⋅di⋅go

  [ben-di-goh]
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–noun
a city in central Victoria in SE Australia: gold mining. 52,741.
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Ben·di·go   (běn'dĭ-gō')   
A city of southeast Australia north-northwest of Melbourne. It was founded in 1851 during the Australian gold rush. Population: 81,900.
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Bendigo

English bare-knuckle boxer who became a Methodist evangelist and who is one of the few athletes whose name is borne by a city-Bendigo in Victoria, Australia. His nickname apparently is a corruption of the Old Testament name Abednego. Thompson was one of triplets; the other two were nicknamed Shadrach and Meshach, alluding to the names of Daniel's three companions from the Book of Daniel

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