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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

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

From Washington Times • Aug. 17, 2019

What’s missing in Wilkinsburg is investments in people with real links to black-owned businesses, entrepreneurs and historically black institutions, which cultivate conditions for economic and social growth.

From New York Times • Jul. 19, 2018

More important, Wilkinsburg is losing people, mostly white.

From New York Times • Jul. 19, 2018

Mrs. Rachel ——, a former resident of this city, was the guest of honor at a dinner served yesterday at her son's home in Wilkinsburg, the occasion being the 92nd anniversary of her birth.

From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 156, Jan. 15, 1919 by Various