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1. Essex
   The USS Essex was an American frigate of thirty-two guns which saw action during the War of 1812. The USS Essex, under Captain Porter, was attacked on August the 13th, 1812, by the Alert, a twenty-gun sloop-of-war. One broadside from the Essex nearly sunk the Alert, and caused its surrender. Late in...
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2. Essex
   [n] - a county in southeastern England on the North Sea and the Thames estuary
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3. Essex
   noun a county in southeastern England on the North Sea and the Thames estuary
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4. Essex
   (from the article `Porter, David`) U.S. naval officer who commanded the frigate Essex on its two-year expedition against British shipping during the War of 1812.
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5. Essex
   one of the kingdoms of Anglo-Saxon England; i.e., that of the East Saxons. An area of early settlement, it probably originally included the territory ...
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6. Essex
   administrative, geographic, and historic county of eastern England, extending along the North Sea coastline between the Thames and Stour estuaries. ...
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7. Essex
   town (township), Chittenden county, northwestern Vermont, U.S., on the Winooski River just east of Burlington. Chartered in 1763 and settled in 1783, ...
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8. Essex
   county, extreme northeastern Massachusetts, U.S., bordered by New Hampshire to the north and the Atlantic Ocean to the east. Its topography is ...
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9. Essex
   county, northeastern Vermont, U.S., bordered to the north by Quebec, Can., and to the east by New Hampshire, the Connecticut River constituting that ...
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10. Essex
    county, northeastern New Jersey, U.S., bounded by Newark Bay to the southeast and the Passaic River to the east and west. The county`s topography ...
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11. Essex
    county, northeastern New York state, U.S. It comprises a mountainous region bounded by the Ausable River to the northeast, Vermont to the east (Lake ...
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12. Essex
    Essex, county (1991 pop. 1,495,600), 1,520 sq mi (3,938 sq km) SE England, on the Thames River and the North Sea, one of the “Home Counties” of London. Chelmsford is the county seat. The land rises from the low, irregular coastline to undulating pastoral country. Streams and salt marshes...
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13. Essex
    Essex, one of the early kingdoms of Anglo-Saxon England. It was settled probably in the early 6th cent. by Saxons who traced their royal line back to a continental Saxon god instead of to Woden, as did the rulers of other early kingdoms. Essex eventually included the modern counties of Essex and Mid...
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14. Essex
    Essex, uninc. city (1990 pop. 40,872), Baltimore co., NE Md., a suburb of Baltimore. Mostly residential, there is some light industry production.
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15. Essex
    Essex is a cultivated variety of potato.
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16. Essex
    County of southeast England, which has contained the unitary authorities of Southend and Thurrock since April 1998. Area 3,670 sq km/1,417 sq mi Towns and cities Chelmsford (administrative headquarters), Basildon, Colchester, Harlow, Harwich (port), Clacton-on-Sea (resort) Physical flat a...
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17. Essex
    (disambiguation) `Essex` is the name of a county in England, named after the ancient Kingdom of Essex. A number of places and things have been named after it. Places : ; In the United Kingdom: ; In Canada ; In the United States: Transport : People : Other :
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18. Essex
    (CDP) `Essex CDP` is a census-designated place (CDP) in the town of Essex in Essex County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 1,426 at the 2000 census. Geography: According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 5.9 km² (2.3 mi²)....
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19. Essex
    (automobile) The `Essex` was a brand of automobile produced by the Essex Motor Company from 1918–1922 and Hudson Motor Company of Detroit, Michigan between 1922 and 1932. Corporate strategy: During its production run, the Essex was considered a small car and affordably priced. The Esse...
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20. Essex
    (whaleship) long, measured 238 tonnage|tons,, citing original 1799 specifications.--> and is widely known for being attacked and sunk by a sperm whale in the Pacific Ocean in 1820 – an incident that inspired Herman Melville`s 1851 Moby-Dick. Voyage : The Essex left Nan...
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21. Essex
    (electoral district) :For the provincial electoral district, see Essex (provincial electoral district). `Essex` (formerly known as `Essex—Windsor`) is a federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada, represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1867 to 1882 and since 1968. ...
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22. Essex
    (UK Parliament constituency) `Essex` was a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1290 until 1832. It elected two MPs to the House of Commons and was divided into two single member constituencies (Essex North and Essex South) in the title...
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23. Essex
    (album) `Essex` is the title of the fourth studio album of singer/songwriter Alison Moyet. The album (although recorded in Liverpool) is named after the artist`s native Essex, England and includes the singles "Falling" (1993), "Whispering Your Name", "Getting i...
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24. Essex
    (pig) The `Essex` is a breed of domestic pig originating in the date=February 2010--> It was originally a smallish, `coarse` black-and-white pig that was noted for being easy to keep and cheap to feed, qualities that ensured its popularity with smallholders. The Old Essex, as it came to be kn...
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25. Essex
    (provincial electoral district) :For the federal electoral district of the same name, see Essex (electoral district). `Essex` is a provincial electoral district in southwestern, Ontario, Canada. It elects one member to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario. It was created in 1999 from Es...
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