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Huntington

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Noun

1. george huntington, huntington

United States physician who first described Huntington's chorea

2. huntington, samuel huntington

American revolutionary leader who signed the Declaration of Independence and was president of the Continental Congress (1731-1796)

3. collis potter huntington, huntington

United States railroad executive who built the western section of the first United States transcontinental railroad (1821-1900)

4. huntington

a city of western West Virginia on the Ohio river at the mouth of the Kanawha

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Huntington

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1. 
ˈCollis Potter (ˈkɑlɪs ) ; kälˈis) 1821-1900; U.S. railroad builder
2. 
Samuel1731-96; Am. statesman: signer of the Declaration of Independence
city in W W.Va., on the Ohio River: pop. 51,000

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Huntington

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A city of western West Virginia on the Ohio River west of Charleston. Founded in 1871 as a railroad terminus, it has glass and chemical industries.
American transportation executive who built the western section of the first US transcontinental railroad (completed 1869).
American Revolutionary leader. He was president of the Continental Congress (1779-1781 and 1783), a signer of the Declaration of Independence, and governor of Connecticut (1786-1796).

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