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Stony Point

–noun
a village in SE New York, on the Hudson: site of a strategic fort in the Revolutionary War. 12,838.
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Ston·y Point   (stō'nē)   
A village of southeast New York on the Hudson River north of New City. Its blockhouse, captured by British troops in May 1779, was retaken in July by Gen. Anthony Wayne's forces. Population: 15,000.
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