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Woodstock, city (1991 pop. 30,075), S Ont., Canada, SW of Hamilton. It is an industrial center with diversified manufactures such as electric generators, fire engines, reed organs, auto parts, and textiles. The surrounding country has mixed farming, dairying, and stock raising.

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A village in New York state, where some 400,000 young people assembled in 1969 for a rock music festival.

  • The size of the crowd and the prevalence of hippie dress and customs led to use of the term Woodstock nation to indicate the youth counterculture of the late 1960s.
  • The term Woodstock is now used loosely to mean a large, impromptu gathering.

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