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somerset

 

  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Somersault  \Som"er*sault\,  Somerset  \Som"er*set\,  n.  [F. 
  soubresaut  a  jump,  leap,  OF  soubresault  It  soprassalto  an 
  overleap,  fr  L.  supra  over  +  saltus  a  leap,  fr  salire  to 
  leap;  or  the  French  may  be  from  Sp  sobresalto  a  sudden 
  asault,  a  surprise.  See  {Supra},  and  Salient.] 
  A  leap  in  which  a  person  turns  his  heels  over  his  head  and 
  lights  upon  his  feet;  a  turning  end  over  end  [Written  also 
  {summersault},  {sommerset},  {summerset},  etc.]  ``The 
  vaulter's  sombersalts.''  --Donne. 
 
  Now  I'll  only  Make  him  break  his  neck  in  doing  a 
  sommerset.  --Beau.  &  Fl 
 
  From  U.S.  Gazetteer  (1990)  [gazetteer]: 
 
  Somerset,  CA 
  Zip  code(s):  95684 
  Somerset,  CO 
  Zip  code(s):  81434 
  Somerset,  KY  (city,  FIPS  71688) 
  Location:  37.08234  N,  84.60980  W 
  Population  (1990):  10733  (4633  housing  units) 
  Area:  25.0  sq  km  (land),  0.0  sq  km  (water) 
  Somerset,  MA  (CDP,  FIPS  62465) 
  Location:  41.73940  N,  71.15904  W 
  Population  (1990):  17655  (6614  housing  units) 
  Area:  21.0  sq  km  (land),  10.0  sq  km  (water) 
  Zip  code(s):  02725,  02726 
  Somerset,  MD  (town,  FIPS  73350) 
  Location:  38.96583  N,  77.09538  W 
  Population  (1990):  993  (386  housing  units) 
  Area:  0.7  sq  km  (land),  0.0  sq  km  (water) 
  Somerset,  MI 
  Zip  code(s):  49281 
  Somerset,  NJ  (CDP,  FIPS  68370) 
  Location:  40.49757  N,  74.48897  W 
  Population  (1990):  22070  (8147  housing  units) 
  Area:  13.8  sq  km  (land),  0.1  sq  km  (water) 
  Zip  code(s):  08873 
  Somerset,  OH  (village,  FIPS  72970) 
  Location:  39.80583  N,  82.30004  W 
  Population  (1990):  1390  (588  housing  units) 
  Area:  2.9  sq  km  (land),  0.0  sq  km  (water) 
  Zip  code(s):  43783 
  Somerset,  PA  (borough,  FIPS  71776) 
  Location:  40.00500  N,  79.07827  W 
  Population  (1990):  6454  (3100  housing  units) 
  Area:  7.1  sq  km  (land),  0.0  sq  km  (water) 
  Zip  code(s):  15501 
  Somerset,  TX  (city,  FIPS  68708) 
  Location:  29.22759  N,  98.65669  W 
  Population  (1990):  1144  (426  housing  units) 
  Area:  5.2  sq  km  (land),  0.0  sq  km  (water) 
  Zip  code(s):  78069 
  Somerset,  VA 
  Zip  code(s):  22972 
  Somerset,  WI  (village,  FIPS  74675) 
  Location:  45.12725  N,  92.67605  W 
  Population  (1990):  1065  (417  housing  units) 
  Area:  4.4  sq  km  (land),  0.0  sq  km  (water) 
  Zip  code(s):  54025




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