margate

UK: /ˈmɑːɡeɪt/

US: 'Margate': (mär′git, -gāt for 1; mär′gāt for 2); 'margate': (mär′git, -gāt)

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mar•gate  (mär′git, -gāt), n. 

1. Fish a red-mouthed grunt, Haemulon album, inhabiting Atlantic waters from Florida to Brazil, valued as a food fish.

• perh. after Margate 1725–35

Mar•gate  (mär′git, -gāt for 1; mär′gāt for 2), n. 

1. Place Names a city in NE Kent, in SE England: seaside resort. 50,145.
2. Place Names a city in SE Florida. 36,044.

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Margate / ˈmɑːɡeɪt/ noun

1. a town and resort in SE England, in E Kent on the Isle of Thanet. Pop: 58 465 (2001)