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Definitions

Proper Noun

1. 1
   A coastal town and civil parish with a town council in Wyre borough, Lancashire, England (OS grid ref SD3348).
2. 2
   A town centre in the city of Surrey, British Columbia, Canada.
3. 3
   A neighbourhood of Mount Vernon, Westchester County, New York, United States.
4. 4
   A borough in Berks County, Pennsylvania, United States.
5. 5
   A surname.

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6. 6
   The word used for the 35 in telephone numbers prefixes starting with 35. A corresponding letter for 3 can be an F, and a corresponding letter for 5 can be an L. For example, the phone number 35?-???? could be said as, "Fleetwood ?????". This helps to reduce errors made when exchanging contact information. See Wikipedia article, Telephone exchange names

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"Older LPs, such as Amy Winehouse’s “Back To Black” and Fleetwood Mac’s “Rumours,” were also in the top 10."

Etymology

From Old English flēot (“pool, stream”) + wood.

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