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harrisburg
/ˈhæ.ɹɪsˌbɝɡ/
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What does harrisburg mean?
proper noun
- A city, the state capital of Pennsylvania.
- A city, the county seat of Poinsett County, Arkansas.
- A city, the county seat of Saline County, Illinois.
More meanings (7)
proper noun
- A city in Oregon.
- A city in South Dakota.
- A town in New York.
- A town in North Carolina.
- A village in Missouri.
- A village in Ohio.
- A census-designated place, the county seat of Banner County, Nebraska.
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IPA pronunciation
/ˈhæ.ɹɪsˌbɝɡ/
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The fact about Drawbaugh is that he was a mechanic in a country village near Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.
And here is the "Church Advocate", of Harrisburg, Pa., which publishes quack advertisements disguised as editorials.
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‘If here ain’t the Harrisburg mail at last, and dreadful bright and smart to look at too,’ cried an elderly gentleman in some excitement, ‘darn my mother!’
The four railways from Philadelphia and Washington, Harrisburg and Wheeling, which converge at Baltimore, whirled away the heterogeneous population to the four corners of the United States, and the city subsided into comparative tranquility.
Among the more remarkable public works I might name the symbolical figures on the steps of the Boston Free Library, and the frieze in deep relief on the Romanesque church on Park Avenue in New York, and I found something big and impressive in the Barnard groups at Harrisburg.