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Waterville

[ waw-ter-vil, wot-er- ]

/ ˈwɔ tərˌvɪl, ˈwɒt ər- /

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noun

a city in SW Maine.

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How to use Waterville in a sentence

He grew up in Waterville, Maine, the third of seven siblings to a family deeply steeped in politics, as he would be.
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“It is totally irrelevant to the race,” said Sandy Maisel, a professor of government at Colby College, in Waterville, Maine.
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They made no stop and were soon in Oakland, a little village about three miles to the west of Waterville.
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Waterville—it was very strange—was positively scandalised at this success.
Lady Barbarina|Henry James

Waterville was still in the stage of surprise; he suddenly expressed this emotion.
Lady Barbarina|Henry James
“Oh on the back piazza,” said Waterville, putting things together.
Lady Barbarina|Henry James
Waterville also wondered what he knew about the lady in the box.
Lady Barbarina|Henry James