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  3  definitions  found 
 
  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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