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Leav⋅en⋅worth

[lev-uhn-wurth, -werth]
–noun
1. a city in NE Kansas. 33,656.
2. a federal and military prison there.
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Leav·en·worth   (lěv'ən-wûrth')   
A city of northeast Kansas on the Missouri River northwest of Kansas City. Settled in 1854 by proslavery partisans from Missouri, it is near Fort Leavenworth, the site of a federal penitentiary. Population: 35,000.
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