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Fair⋅field

[fair-feeld]
–noun
1. a city in central California. 58,099.
2. a town in SW Connecticut. 54,849.
3. a town in central Ohio. 30,777.
4. a city in central Alabama. 13,040.
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Fair·field   (fâr'fēld')   
  1. A city of southeast Australia, a suburb of Sydney. Population: 180,000.

  2. A city of western California north-northeast of Oakland. It was founded in 1859. Population: 105,000.

  3. A town of southwest Connecticut on Long Island Sound southwest of Bridgeport. Settled in 1639, it is mainly residential and has varied light industries. Population: 57,800.

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Fairfield

county, southwestern Connecticut, U.S. It is bounded by Long Island Sound to the south, New York state to the west, and the Housatonic River to the east, and it includes several islands in the sound. Most of the county lies in an upland region forested with hardwoods, with only a narrow coastal plain running along the southern edge. Waterways other than the Housatonic are the Saugatuck, Pequonnock, Mill, and Norwalk rivers as well as Saugatuck, Easton, and Hemlock reservoirs and Lake Candlewood. Parklands include Paugussett and Pootatuck state forest reserves and Collis P. Huntington and American Shakespeare Theater state parks.

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