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Hebburn
hĕb´ûrn [key], town (1991 pop. 22,103), South Tyneside metropolitan district, NE England, on the Tyne River in the Newcastle upon Tyne metropolitan area. It has shipbuilding, electrical industries, and engineering works.
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