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Roch⋅es⋅ter

[roch-es-ter, -uh-ster]
–noun
1. John Wilmot, 2nd Earl of, 1647–80, English poet and courtier.
2. a city in W New York, on the Genesee River. 241,741.
3. a town in SE Minnesota. 57,890.
4. a city in N Kent, in SE England. 55,460.
5. a city in SE New Hampshire. 21,560.
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Roch·es·ter   (rŏch'ĭ-stər, -ěs'tər)   
  1. A city of southeast Minnesota southeast of St. Paul. The Mayo Clinic (founded in 1889) is located here. Population: 97,000.

  2. A city of western New York east-northeast of Buffalo on the New York State Barge Canal near Lake Ontario. It was first settled c. 1812 and grew rapidly after the opening of the Erie Canal (1825). Population: 208,000.

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Rochester

City in western New York.

Note: Center of the photographic equipment industry.
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