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Bel·ling·ham (bel′iŋ ham′)

seaport in NW Wash., at the N end of Puget Sound: pop. 67,000

Etymology: after Bellingham Bay, so named (1793) by Capt. Vancouver (see Vancouver) after his associate, Sir William Bellingham

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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