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Wilkes-Barre (wilks′bar′ē, -bar′ə, -bar′)

city in NE Pa., on the Susquehanna River: pop. 43,000

Etymology: after John Wilkes & Col. Isaac Barré, Brit officer

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