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Augusta


Augusta [aw-guhs-tuh, uh-guhs-] Examples noun

  1. a city in E Georgia, on the Savannah River.
  2. a city in and the capital of Maine, in the SW part, on the Kennebec River.
  3. a female given name.

Maine [meyn] noun

  1. a state in the NE United States, on the Atlantic coast. 33,215 sq. mi. (86,027 sq. km). Capital: Augusta. Abbreviation: ME (for use with zip code), Me.
  2. a historical region and former province in NW France.
  3. (italics) a U.S. battleship blown up in the harbor of Havana, Cuba, on February 15, 1898: this incident stimulated popular support in the U.S. for the Spanish-American War.

Examples from the Web for augusta Contemporary Examples of augusta

  • Let me tell you, I felt like Tiger Woods tearing up Augusta that one year long ago.

    Forget Bipartisan Golf, Obama, and Play Against Me

    Michael Tomasky

    May 26, 2014

  • She was born in Augusta, Georgia, and raised in South Carolina.

    Danielle Brooks, Taystee on ‘Orange Is the New Black,’ Is the Breakout Star of the Year

    Kevin Fallon

    December 11, 2013

  • We live on the Augusta Victoria campus on the Mount of Olives.

    Life After AIPAC’s False Dichotomies

    Angela Zimmann

    September 4, 2013

  • In reality, this council displays all the diversity of the Augusta National Golf Club.

    Los Angeles Politics Needs More Women

    John Phillips

    May 19, 2013

  • On October 21, 1967, another footnoted Gettysburg date, Eisenhower was on vacation at Augusta National Golf Club.

    David’s Bookclub: Eisenhower in War and Peace

    David Frum

    December 23, 2012

  • Historical Examples of augusta

  • Now, there’s Augusta Hartong—those mixed-pickle millionaires, you know.

    The Spenders

    Harry Leon Wilson

  • I thought I heard you finding fault with Augusta when I came in.

    The Fairchild Family

    Mary Martha Sherwood

  • Peyton, History of Augusta County, 345, where will be found the entire letter.

    Patrick Henry

    Moses Coit Tyler

  • Do you know, Augusta, that they say he is actually worth two millions?

    Davenport Dunn, Volume 1 (of 2)

    Charles James Lever

  • Augusta translated the letter for me, and asked for my advice.

    The Memoires of Casanova, Complete

    Jacques Casanova de Seingalt

  • British Dictionary definitions for augusta Augusta noun

    1. a city in the US, in Georgia. Pop: 193 316 (2003 est) (including Richmond)
    2. a port in S Italy, in E Sicily. Pop: 33 820 (2001)
    3. a town in the US, in Maine: the state capital; founded (1628) as a trading post; timber industry. Pop: 18 618 (2003 est)

    Maine noun

    1. a state of the northeastern US, on the Atlantic: chiefly hilly, with many lakes, rivers, and forests. Capital: Augusta. Pop: 1 305 728 (2003 est). Area: 86 156 sq km (33 265 sq miles)Abbreviation: Me, (with zip code) ME

    Word Origin and History for augusta Augusta

    fem. proper name, Latin fem. of Augustus.

    Maine

    U.S. state, probably ultimately from French Maine, region in France (named for the river that runs through it, which has a name of Gaulish origin). The name was applied to that part of coastal North America by French explorers.

    augusta in Culture Maine

    State in the northeastern United States; northernmost of the New England states. Bordered by Quebec, Canada, to the northwest; New Brunswick, Canada, to the northeast; the Atlantic Ocean to the southeast; and New Hampshire to the west. Its capital is Augusta, and Portland is its largest city.

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