Reading
/ˈredɪŋ/
/ˈredɪŋ/
- a large town in southern England, governed by a unitary authority. It is famous for its music festivals, especially the Reading Rock Festival. Oscar Wilde spent two years in Reading prison (1895-7), and he wrote his Ballad of Reading Gaol there.
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