Scranton

Scran·ton

[skran-tn]
noun
1.
William Warren, born 1917, U.S. politician.
2.
a city in NE Pennsylvania.
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Scranton (ˈskræntən) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
n
an industrial city in NE Pennsylvania: university (1888). Pop: 74 320 (2003 est)

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scranton

city, seat (1878) of Lackawanna county, northeastern Pennsylvania, U.S., in the Lackawanna River valley, on the western fringes of the Pocono Mountains; it is the centre of an urbanized industrial complex that includes Carbondale and Wilkes-Barre.

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