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Wilkinsburg

American  
[wil-kinz-burg] / ˈwɪl kɪnzˌbɜrg /

noun

  1. a borough in SW Pennsylvania, near Pittsburgh.


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Mr. Topping, a Bethesda resident, was born in Wilkinsburg, Pa., and settled in the Washington area in 1968.

From Washington Post Apr. 16, 2021

Weidman, a Springfield resident since 1975, was born in Wilkinsburg, Pa. He was a Vietnam War aviator and later transitioned to aeronautical engineering.

From Washington Post Jun. 10, 2020

Elwood would slaughter chickens and transport them to places like Wilkinsburg, New Kensington and East Liberty, Chicka said.

From Washington Times Aug. 17, 2019

Among them were an accountant, a teacher, a dentist and a husband and wife, Bernice and Sylvan Simon of Wilkinsburg, Pa., who were 84 and 86.

From New York Times Oct. 28, 2018

When his prediction was fulfilled and the road made, it ran through his land, and on it he laid out the village and called it Wilkinsburg.

From Half a Century by Jane Grey Cannon Swisshelm

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