| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| Lawrence |
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| SYLLABICATION: | Law·rence |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  lôr  ns, l r- |
| 1. A city of northeast Kansas on the Kansas River east-southeast of Topeka. It was founded in 1854 by the New England Emigrant Aid Society and was the scene of a proslavery raid (1856) that sparked retaliatory killings by the abolitionist John Brown. Population: 65,608. 2. A city of northeast Massachusetts on the Merrimack River north-northeast of Lowell. Laid out as an industrial town in 1845, it soon became one of the world's greatest centers for woolen textiles. Many of the old mills have now been renovated. Population: 70,207.
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