Terre Haute


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Ter·re Haute

 (tĕr′ə hōt′, hŭt′)
A city of western Indiana on the Wabash River west-southwest of Indianapolis. It was founded as Fort Harrison in 1811.
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Ter•re Haute

(ˈtɛr ə ˈhoʊt, ˈhʌt, ˈhɔt)
n.
a city in W Indiana, on the Wabash River. 56,330.
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We will flash first to Worcester, cross the Hudson on the high bridge at Poughkeepsie, swing southwest through a dozen coal towns to the outskirts of Philadelphia, leap across the Susquehanna, zigzag up and down the Alleghenies into the murk of Pittsburg, cross the Ohio at Wheeling, glance past Columbus and Indianapolis, over the Wabash at Terre Haute, into St.
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The Oregon cross country team will get a look at the NCAA championship course Saturday during the Pre-Nationals Invitational in Terre Haute, Ind.
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