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Glas⋅gow

[glas-goh, -koh; for 2 also glaz-goh]
–noun
1. Ellen (Anderson Ghol⋅son) [gohl-suhn] , 1874–1945, U.S. novelist.
2. a seaport in SW Scotland, on the Clyde River: administrative center of the Strathclyde region; shipyards. 880,617.
3. a city in S Kentucky. 12,958.
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Glas·gow   (glās'kō, -gō, glāz'-)   
A city of southwest Scotland on the Clyde River. Founded in the late sixth century, Glasgow is a major port, an industrial center, and the largest city in Scotland. Population: 631,000.
Glasgow, Ellen Anderson Gholson 1873?-1945.  
American writer known for her realistic historical novels of Virginia, such as In This Our Life (1941), for which she won a Pulitzer Prize.
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Glasgow [(glas-goh, glaz-goh)]

City in south-central Scotland on the River Clyde, near Scotland's west coast. Scotland's largest city.

Note: Glasgow is one of the greatest shipbuilding centers of the world.
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