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Glas⋅ton⋅bur⋅y

  [glas-tuhn-ber-ee; for 1 also glas-tuhn-buh-ree; for 2 also glas-uhn-ber-ee]
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1. a borough of SW England, in whose vicinity the ruins of an important Iron Age lake village have been found and to which in folklore both King Arthur and Joseph of Arimathaea have been linked, the latter as the founder of the abbey there. 6773.
2. a town in N Connecticut. 24,327.
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Glas·ton·bur·y   (glās'tən-běr'ē)   

  1. A town of southwest England south-southwest of Bristol. There are extensive remains of an Iron Age village nearby. Glastonbury is the traditional site of King Arthur's Isle of Avalon.

  2. A city of central Connecticut southeast of Hartford. Settled in 1650, it is a manufacturing center. Population: 33,000.

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Glastonbury 
town in Somersetshire, famous as a prehistoric site, O.E. Glestingabyrig, Glastingburi (725), "Stronghold (O.E. byrig, dat. of burh) of the people (O.E. -inga-) living at Glaston," a Celtic name, possibly meaning "woad place."
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Glastonbury

town ("parish"), Mendip district, administrative and historic county of Somerset, England. It is situated on the slopes of a group of hills that rise from the Brue Valley to a tor (peak) of 522 feet (159 metres).

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