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• margate
  margate

  noun

  a red-mouthed grunt, Haemulon album, inhabiting Atlantic waters from Florida to Brazil, valued as a food fish.
• Margate
  Margate

  noun

  a city in NE Kent, in SE England: seaside resort.

margate

¹ American  

[mahr-git, -geyt] / ˈmɑr gɪt, -geɪt /

noun

1. a red-mouthed grunt, Haemulon album, inhabiting Atlantic waters from Florida to Brazil, valued as a food fish.

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Margate ² American  

[mahr-git, -geyt, mahr-geyt] / ˈmɑr gɪt, -geɪt, ˈmɑr geɪt /

noun

1. a city in NE Kent, in SE England: seaside resort.

2. a city in SE Florida.

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Margate British  

/ ˈmɑːɡeɪt /

noun

1. a town and resort in SE England, in E Kent on the Isle of Thanet. Pop: 58 465 (2001)

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Etymology

Origin of margate

First recorded in 1725–35; perhaps after Margate