Atlantic City

American  

noun

1. a city in SE New Jersey: seashore resort.

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Atlantic City British  

noun

1. a resort in SE New Jersey on Absecon Beach, an island on the Atlantic coast. Pop: 40 385 (2003 est)

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Atlantic City Cultural  

1. City in southeastern New Jersey.

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The street names of Atlantic City were used in the game Monopoly.

A seaside resort and convention center. Gambling, which has been legal there since the 1970s, draws many visitors. The Boardwalk, which was first built in the late nineteenth century, is lined with shops and hotels.

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The new facilities would create competition for Atlantic City casinos that have long drawn on New York bettors.

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Conversely, markets such as Bridgeport, Conn; Charleston, S.C., and Atlantic City, N.J. are witnessing significant price drops that are successfully clearing inventory, leading to dramatically shorter days on the market.

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In Springsteen’s song “Atlantic City,” the song’s narrator muses “maybe everything that dies someday comes back.”

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With his new girlfriend, he goes to Atlantic City, then he writes “Atlantic City.”

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There are 50 food desert communities across New Jersey, including densely populated cities like Trenton and Atlantic City.

From Salon