Atlantic City

Atlantic City

a resort in SE New Jersey on Absecon Beach, an island on the Atlantic coast. Pop.: 40 385 (2003 est.)
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Atlantic City

New Jersey city has become the Las Vegas of the East. [Am. Hist.: Misc.]
See: Gambling
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