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Atlantic City

Atlantic City proper noun: a resort city on Absecon Island, Atlantic County, New Jersey, United States.

Proper noun

Atlantic City

  1. A resort city on Absecon Island, Atlantic County, New Jersey, United States.
    • Put your makeup on, fix your hair up pretty / And meet me tonight in Atlantic City1982, Bruce Springsteen, “Atlantic City”, in Nebraska
    • Investigators have been questioning a Salem County man and searching his home in connection with the killings of four prostitutes whose bodies were found near Atlantic City in November, according to an official who has been briefed on the case and the man’s sister.2007 April 4, Nate Schweber, “Man Queried in Killings of Prostitutes”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 05 Jun 2015
  2. A small census-designated place in Fremont County, Wyoming, United States.

Origin of Atlantic City

From Atlantic + city. * (New Jersey): From being a resort community on the Atlantic seaboard.

Questions about Atlantic City

What does Atlantic City mean?
Atlantic City means a resort city on Absecon Island, Atlantic County, New Jersey, United States.
What part of speech is Atlantic City?
Atlantic City is a proper noun.

Words near Atlantic City in the dictionary

  1. atlantic
  2. Atlantic bloc
  3. Atlantic bonito
  4. Atlantic bonitos
  5. Atlantic Canada
  6. Atlantic City
  7. Atlantic Coast leopard frog
  8. Atlantic Coast leopard frogs
  9. Atlantic cod
  10. Atlantic cods
  11. Atlantic County

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