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Sli⋅go

[slahy-goh]
–noun
1. a county in Connaught province, in the NW Republic of Ireland. 55,425; 694 sq. mi. (1795 sq. km).
2. its county seat: a seaport. 18,609.
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Sli·go   (slī'gō)   
A municipal borough of northern Ireland on Sligo Bay, an inlet of the Atlantic Ocean. There are megalithic ruins nearby. Population: 17,900.
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Sligo

county in the province of Connaught, northwestern Ireland. It is bounded by Counties Leitrim (east), Roscommon (southeast), and Mayo (southwest); an arm of the Atlantic Ocean forms its other borders

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