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Dayton

American  
[deyt-n] / ˈdeɪt n /

noun

  1. Jonathan, 1760–1824, U.S. politician, Speaker of the House 1795–99.

  2. a city in SW Ohio.


Dayton British  
/ ˈdeɪtən /

noun

  1. an industrial city in SW Ohio: aviation research centre. Pop: 161 696 (2003 est)

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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The role dates back to the 1995 Dayton Peace Agreement which ended the country's ruinous ethnic conflict.

From BBC • May 11, 2026

Mr. Edwards was born in 1937 in Houston but moved to Dayton, Ohio, as a small child and lived there for five years.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 31, 2026

In the U.S. alone, that number was 135,000 people, roughly the population of Dayton, Ohio.

From Salon • Mar. 25, 2026

Based in Dayton, Minn., Forgent is a private-equity-backed roll-up assembled by Neos Partners beginning in 2023.

From Barron's • Feb. 5, 2026

Before meeting Jerrie, he had arranged for aviation pioneer Ruth Nichols to undergo testing at the Aero Medical Laboratory at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Dayton, Ohio.

From "Women in Space" by Karen Bush Gibson

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