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levittown

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Lev⋅it⋅town

[lev-it-toun]
–noun
a town on W Long Island, in SE New York. 57,045.
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Lev·it·town   (lěv'ĭt-toun')   
  1. An unincorporated community of southeast New York on western Long Island northeast of Hempstead. It was founded in 1947 as a low-cost housing development for World War II veterans. Population: 53,000.

  2. A community of southeast Pennsylvania near the Delaware River northeast of Philadelphia. Population: 53,900.

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