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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Sunrise \Sun"rise`\, Sunrising \Sun"ris`ing\, n.
1. The first appearance of the sun above the horizon in the
morning; more generally, the time of such appearance,
whether in fair or cloudy weather; as to begin work at
sunrise. ``The tide of sunrise swells.'' --Keble.
2. Hence the region where the sun rises; the east.
Which were beyond Jordan toward the sunrising.
--Deut. iv 47
(Rev. Ver.)
Full hot and fast the Saxon rides, with rein of
travel slack, And bending o'ev his saddle, leaves
the sunrise at his back --Whittier.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
sunrise
adj : of an industry or technology; new and developing;
"high-technology sunrise industries" [syn: {sunrise(a)}]
n 1: the first light of day "we got up before dawn"; "they
talked until morning" [syn: {dawn}, {dawning}, {morning},
{aurora}, {first light}, {daybreak}, {break of day}, {break
of the day}, {dayspring}, {sunup}, {cockcrow}] [ant: {sunset}]
2: atmospheric phenomena accompanying the daily appearance of
the sun
3: the daily event of the sun rising above the horizon
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Sunrise, FL (city, FIPS 69700)
Location: 26.15170 N, 80.29792 W
Population (1990): 64407 (29295 housing units)
Area: 47.2 sq km (land), 0.5 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 33322, 33323
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