wantage

wantage
/won"tij, wawn"-/, n.
something, as an amount that is lacking, desired, or needed.
[1820-30, Amer.; WANT + -AGE]

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      town (parish), Vale of White Horse district, administrative county of Oxfordshire, historic county of Berkshire, England. It is an old market town and the birthplace of the Anglo-Saxon king Alfred the Great (Alfred) (871–899), whose statue stands in the marketplace. The town is a modest service centre in rural surroundings, but research establishments, including the atomic-energy research station at nearby Harwell, employ many people. Pop. (2001) 9,767.

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