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Leaven·worth (lev′ən wʉrt̸h′)

city in NE Kans., on the Missouri River: pop. 35,000: site of a federal prison

Etymology: ult. after U.S. Army Col. H. Leavenworth (1783-1834)

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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