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Morgantown

American  
[mawr-guhn-toun] / ˈmɔr gənˌtaʊn /

noun

  1. a city in N West Virginia.


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I would be beside myself if I was in Morgantown for a big college football game.

From Los Angeles Times • May 27, 2025

In Morgantown, West Virginia University President Gordon Gee plans to retire when his contract is up next June.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 6, 2024

“He definitely gives us some hard times,” sophomore Kennedy Stewart said after the Spartans’ 47-31 loss to defending state champion Morgantown.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 11, 2024

“I will not be seeking a third-party run,” he said in a speech in Morgantown, W.Va.

From New York Times • Feb. 16, 2024

Quietly, quickly, and without protest, three “unusually capable” Negro students began graduate studies at West Virginia University in Morgantown in the summer of 1940.

From "Hidden Figures" by Margot Lee Shetterly