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  2. List of geographic acronyms and initialisms - Wikipedia

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    Acronyms are abbreviations formed by the initial letter or letters of the words that make up a multi-word term. For the most part, the geographic names in this list were derived from three or more other names or words. Those derived from only two names are usually considered portmanteaus and can be found in the List of geographic portmanteaus ...

  3. List of tautological place names - Wikipedia

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    (Hill Hill Hill) – "Pen" -(Cumbric language) "Pendle" by epenthesis and elision from "Pen Hyll", the latter word being Old English for "hill". [3] Pendleton, near Pendle Hill, Lancashire, England. (Hill Hill Town) or, possibly (Hill Hill Hill), taking the -ton as deriving from Old English dun as opposed to Old English tun.

  4. List of city nicknames in Florida - Wikipedia

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    Coral Springs – Everything Under the Sun [14] Crestview – Hub City [15] DeLand – The Athens of Florida [16] Deltona – Florida's Bright Spot [17] Destin – The World's Luckiest Fishing Village [18] Eustis – The City of Bright Tomorrows [19] Fernandina Beach – Shark's Tooth Capital of the World [20] Fort Lauderdale – Venice of ...

  5. List of hotels in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Clinton Hotel Miami Beach; The Creek South Beach; Delano Hotel; Doral Hotel; DuPont Plaza Hotel; Eden Roc Renaissance Hotel Miami Beach; EPIC Miami Residences and Hotel; Espirito Santo Plaza; Flamingo Hotel, Miami Beach; Fontainebleau Miami Beach; Four Seasons Hotel Miami; The Grand Doubletree; Icon Brickell; Mandarin Oriental, Miami; Marquis ...

  6. Mar-a-Lago - Wikipedia

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    A contemporary report prepared by the Department of the Interior attributed its significance to providing "an excellent picture of winter resort life in Palm Beach prior to the Depression". [ 13 ] Post, who died in 1973, willed the 17-acre (6.9 ha) estate to the United States government as a Winter White House for presidents and visiting ...

  7. Florida - Wikipedia

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    Beach towns have many visitors too as Florida is known around the world for its beaches. Agriculture is another large part of the Florida economy. Florida is the number one grower of oranges for juice, [248] mangoes, [249] fresh tomatoes, [250] sugar, [251] sweet corn, green beans, [252] beans, cucumbers, watermelons, and more. [253]

  8. Palm Beach Hotel (Palm Beach, Florida) - Wikipedia

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    The Palm Beach Hotel is a former hotel located at 235-251 Sunrise Avenue in Palm Beach, Florida, in the United States. The building now serves as a condominium , the Palm Beach Hotel Condominium , [ 2 ] and, on part of the fourth floor, a Modern Orthodox synagogue , the New Synagogue of Palm Beach .

  9. Miami Beach, Florida - Wikipedia

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    John S. Collins, founding developer of Miami Beach The opening of Collins Bridge in 1913, the longest wooden bridge in the world at the time Carl G. Fisher in 1909 An aerial view of the Flamingo Hotel, c. 1922 Roller skating waitresses at Roney Plaza Hotel in Miami Beach in 1939 Only a few beach areas were open to Jews in 1947 when Temple Emanu-El was built Temple Menorah was developed from an ...