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Virginia (as used in expressions)(encyclopedia)
Dartmouth(dictionary)
Dartmouth College(encyclopedia)
Dartmouth crab plate(recipes)
Dartmouth General Hospital(health)
Dartmouth College case(encyclopedia)
Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center(health)
Dartmouth Castle and Sugary Cove Beach(tourism)
virginia(medicine)

Virginia Beach (sh) and Dartmouth (as used in expressions) (sh)


Virginia Beach (sh)




City (pop., 2000: 425,257), southeastern Virginia.

It is situated on the Atlantic Ocean and Chesapeake Bay. Founded in 1887, it developed as a resort after a railroad was built linking it with Norfolk. After World War I it became an important base in the national coastal defense system. In 1963 it and the former Princess Anne county merged to become the City of Virginia Beach. Its economy is based on tourism and military installations. Cape Henry Memorial is in the city and the Cape Henry Lighthouse (1791) is nearby.


Dartmouth (as used in expressions) (sh)