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Wilkes-Bar⋅re

  [wilks-bar-ee, -bar-uh, -bair]
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a city in E Pennsylvania, on the Susquehanna River. 51,551.
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Wilkes-Bar·re   (wĭlks'bār'ē, -bār'ə)   
A city of northeast Pennsylvania on the Susquehanna River southwest of Scranton. It was settled in 1769 and was twice burned (1778 and 1784) by the British and their allies during the American Revolution. Population: 41,300.
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Wilkes-Barre

city, seat (1786) of Luzerne county, northeastern Pennsylvania, U.S. It lies in the Wyoming Valley and along the Susquehanna River, 18 miles (29 km) southwest of Scranton. Wilkes-Barre is the hub of a metropolitan district embracing more than 30 contiguous municipalities.

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