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Truro (tr  r`ō), town (1991 pop. 11,683), central N.S., Canada, near the head of Cobequid Bay, an arm of the Bay of Fundy. It is a railroad and industrial center, with lumber mills, printing plants, and other factories. The Nova Scotia Agricultural College there is the headquarters of the provincial agricultural extension service. An early Acadian settlement called Cobequid, the town was destroyed (1755) when the Acadians were expelled. After 1759 it received settlers from New England and Northern Ireland, who named the town for Truro, England.TruroCity (pop., 1995 est.: 25,000), county seat of Cornwall, southwestern England. It is located on the River Truro at the head of Falmouth Harbor. Industries include food processing and light engineering. |
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| One, I think, is from the Marchioness of Westhampton, the other from some solicitors at Truro. Folks to Marblehead was mad at him not runnin' the risk, and becaze nex' day, when the sea was ca'am (they never stopped to think o' that), some of the Active's folk was took off by a Truro man. |
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