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Monessen

American  
[muh-nes-uhn, moh-] / məˈnɛs ən, moʊ- /

noun

  1. a city in SW Pennsylvania, on the Monongahela River.


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Born in Monessen, Pennsylvania south of Pittsburgh, Coolio moved to Compton, California, where he went to community college.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 28, 2022

Coolio, whose real name was Artis Leon Ivey Jr., was born on Aug. 1, 1963, in Monessen, Pa., but grew up in Compton.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 28, 2022

The economic downturn has left towns like Donora, Monessen and Rankin as shells of their former selves.

From New York Times • Sep. 7, 2021

In late June 2016, the New York billionaire rolled his motorcade through the Pennsylvania town of Monessen on his way to a rally at the local aluminum plant.

From Washington Post • Jun. 18, 2018

Monessen, forty miles from Pittsburgh on the Monongahela river, the home of the Pittsburgh Steel Company and several other large concerns, and notorious as the place where organizer Jeff.

From The Great Steel Strike and its Lessons by Foster, William Z.