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Atlantic City

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Etymology

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From Atlantic +‎ city.

  • (New Jersey): From being a resort community on the Atlantic seaboard.

Proper noun

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Atlantic City

  1. A resort city on Absecon Island, Atlantic County, New Jersey, United States.
    Coordinate term: Ocean City
    • 1982, Bruce Springsteen (lyrics and music), “Atlantic City”, in Nebraska:
      Put your makeup on, fix your hair up pretty / And meet me tonight in Atlantic City
  2. A small census-designated place in Fremont County, Wyoming, United States.