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Princeton

town in New Jersey, founded 1696 as Stony Brook, named for the Long Island home of one of the first settlers; renamed 1724 to honor Prince George, later George II of England (1683-1760). The university there was founded in 1746 in Elizabeth as the College of New Jersey; it moved to Newark in 1747, then to Princeton in 1756. It was renamed Princeton University in 1896. Related: Princetonian.

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Definitions of Princeton from WordNet

Princeton (n.)
a university town in central New Jersey;
Princeton (n.)
a university in New Jersey;
Synonyms: Princeton University
From wordnet.princeton.edu