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New Bedford

–noun
a seaport in SE Massachusetts: formerly a chief whaling port. 98,478.
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New Bedford  
A city of southeast Massachusetts on Buzzards Bay east-southeast of Fall River. Settled in the mid-1600s, it was a major whaling port in the first half of the 19th century. Fishing and diversified manufacturing are important to its economy. Population: 92,500.
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New Bedford

city, Bristol county, southeastern Massachusetts, U.S. It lies at the mouth of the Acushnet River on Buzzards Bay, 54 miles (87 km) south of Boston

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