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Waterville

American  
[waw-ter-vil, wot-er-] / ˈwɔ tərˌvɪl, ˈwɒt ər- /

noun

  1. a city in SW Maine.


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He’s also the guy whose banged-up right throwing shoulder is jangling pregame nerves from Waterville to Woonsocket.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 5, 2026

The novel’s action centers on Barbara Levesque, the once-and-future matriarch of Waterville, Maine’s, Franco American community.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 17, 2025

"The way in which this tree produced hugely long leaves around its spindly trunk, and the sheer number over a short length of trunk, is startling," says Robert Gastaldo of Colby College in Waterville, Maine.

From Science Daily ● Feb. 2, 2024

Nicholas F. Jacobs, an assistant professor of government at Colby College in Waterville, Maine, saw little potential benefit in the appeal.

From New York Times ● Jan. 19, 2024

But the poor woman, whatever she did, was condemned, as he had said of old, in Paris, to Waterville, to be only half right. 

From Lady Barbarina The Siege of London, An International Episode and Other Tales by Henry James

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