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1 Residential city (1990 pop. 78,118), Orange co., S Calif.; founded 1870 as a temperance colony for Presbyterians, inc. 1957. It has several industrial parks. A U.S. naval weapons station and Los Alamitos Naval Air Base are nearby. Westminster has been marked by economic growth since 1975 along with the burgeoning southern California area.

2 City (1990 pop. 74,625), Adams and Jefferson counties, N central Colo., a residential suburb of Denver; inc. 1911. Telephone-switching equipment and electro-mechanical products are manufactured in the city. Westminster has been marked by tremendous residential growth along with the Denver metropolitan area; its population nearly quadrupled between 1970 and 1990. Standley Lake there provides the city with both water and recreation. Nearby is Stapleton International Airport.

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Westminster

1. a borough of Greater London, on the River Thames: contains the Houses of Parliament, Westminster Abbey, and Buckingham Palace. Pop.: 222 000 (2003 est.). Area: 22 sq. km (8 sq. miles)

2. the Houses of Parliament at Westminster