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Wilmington

[ wil-ming-tuhn ]

noun

  1. a seaport in N Delaware, on the Delaware River.
  2. a seaport in SE North Carolina, on the Cape Fear River.
  3. a city in NE Massachusetts.
  4. a town in SW Ohio.


Wilmington

/ ˈwɪlmɪŋtən /

noun

  1. a port in N Delaware, on the Delaware River: industrial centre. Pop: 72 051 (2003 est)


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  • Wil·ming·to·ni·an [wil-ming-, toh, -nee-, uh, n], noun

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Example Sentences

The name is associated with so many legacy institutions that greater Wilmington could be dubbed du Pontville.

The nearest store listed on the website as carrying this wine is — appropriately enough — in Wilmington, Del.

For decades, the same Wilmington, North Carolina factory has churned out the fiber.

Wilmington is on board after landing a spot in this winter of musical chairs.

Wilmington, North Carolina, has extended its parklet program through mid-October, while Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti recently announced the city would extend its outdoor dining program through the end of 2020.

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The first—and it turns out, only—stop was Douglass Academy, a new charter school in downtown Wilmington.

Its target population is children in several Wilmington housing projects.

But time was running out for the Wilmington black community.

Two days after the election, Waddell led a mob in destroying [Wilmington's leading black newspaper].

The real vice president was born in Scranton, Pa., but moved to Wilmington, Del., in 1953.

She had been bought by a company of Englishmen, and, loaded with a most desirable cargo, had started for Wilmington or Charleston.

The "Merrimac" ran into Wilmington and delivered her valuable cargo in fine order.

At three o'clock in the morning we were away from our anchorage, steaming up Wilmington River.

His little army was in need of supplies and he marched to Wilmington, where stores brought by sea were laid up for him.

Wilmington had been captured, and Sherman proposed to receive his next supplies from the coast.

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