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Bright⋅on

[brahyt-n]
–noun
1. a city in East Sussex, in SE England: seashore resort. 159,000.
2. a city near Melbourne in S Victoria, in SE Australia. 40,617.
3. a town in central Colorado. 12,773.
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Brigh·ton   (brīt'n)   
A borough of southeast England on the English Channel south of London. It became a fashionable resort after 1783 when the Prince of Wales (later George IV) began to patronize it. The Royal Pavilion, in a combination of Chinese and Mogul styles, was designed by the noted architect John Nash (1752-1835). Population: 134,000.
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