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Winston-Salem (win′stən sā′ləm)

city in NC N.C.: pop. 186,000

Etymology: a merging of two towns, after Major Joseph Winston (1746-1815) & Salem

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