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Daw·son (dô′sən)

Dawson, Sir John William 1820-99; Cdn. geologist, naturalist, & educator
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Daw·son (dô′sən)

city in W Yukon Territory, Canada, on the Yukon River: former gold-mining center: pop. 1,300

Etymology: after G. M. Dawson (1849-1901), Cdn geologist

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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