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New⋅burgh

[noo-burg, nyoo-]
–noun
a city in SE New York, on the Hudson. 23,438.
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New·burg also New·burgh   (nōō'bûrg', nyōō'-)   
adj.  Served in a rich sauce made of cream, egg yolks, butter, and sherry: lobster Newburg; seafood Newburg.

[Origin unknown.]
Newburgh  
A city of southeast New York on the Hudson River south-southwest of Poughkeepsie. Founded c. 1709, it was George Washington's headquarters from April 1782 until August 1783 during the American Revolution. Population: 28,300.
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