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Gosport (gŏs`pôrt), city (1991 pop. 69,664) and district, Hampshire, S England. The city is a major port and shares its harbor with Portsmouth. There are ship- and yacht-building facilities and various light industries. Formerly a victualing station for the Royal Navy, Gosport was an embarkation point for the invasion of France in 1944. Gosport a town in S England, in Hampshire on Portsmouth harbour: naval base since the 16th century. Pop.: 69 348 (2001) How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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More than 4 million years ago, this upright-walking hominid--dubbed Ardipithecus ramidus--lived in an area that contained a patchwork of habitats populated by a wide variety of animals, say anthropologist Sileshi Semaw of Indiana University's CRAFT Stone Age Institute in Gosport and his colleagues. Gibbons, Robert, A Primer in Game Theory, Prentice Hall, Gosport, 1992. It is unclear whether his estimates include Portsea or Gosport. |
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