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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Sandalwood \San"dal*wood\, n. [F. sandal, santal, fr. Ar.
     [,c]andal, or Gr. sa`ntalon; both ultimately fr. Skr.
     candana. Cf. {Sanders}.] (Bot.)
     (a) The highly perfumed yellowish heartwood of an East Indian
         and Polynesian tree ({Santalum album}), and of several
         other trees of the same genus, as the Hawaiian {Santalum


         Freycinetianum} and {Santalum pyrularium}, the Australian
         {Santalum latifolium}, etc. The name is extended to
         several other kinds of fragrant wood.
     (b) Any tree of the genus {Santalum}, or a tree which yields
         sandalwood.
     (c) The red wood of a kind of buckthorn, used in Russia for
         dyeing leather ({Rhamnus Dahuricus}).
         [1913 Webster]
  
     {False sandalwood}, the fragrant wood of several trees not of
        the genus {Santalum}, as {Ximenia Americana}, {Myoporum
        tenuifolium} of Tahiti.
  
     {Red sandalwood}, a heavy, dark red dyewood, being the
        heartwood of two leguminous trees of India ({Pterocarpus
        santalinus}, and {Adenanthera pavonina}); -- called also
        {red sanderswood}, {sanders} or {saunders}, and
        {rubywood}.
        [1913 Webster] Sandarach

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Sanders \San"ders\, n. [See {Sandal}.]
     An old name of sandalwood, now applied only to the red
     sandalwood. See under {Sandalwood}.
     [1913 Webster]

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:

  Sanders, KY (city, FIPS 68358)
    Location: 38.65465 N, 84.94676 W
    Population (1990): 231 (73 housing units)
    Area: 0.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
    Zip code(s): 41083

From U.S. Gazetteer Counties (2000) [gaz-county]:

  Sanders -- U.S. County in Montana
     Population (2000):    10227
     Housing Units (2000): 5271
     Land area (2000):     2762.172012 sq. miles (7153.992364 sq. km)
     Water area (2000):    27.858067 sq. miles (72.152060 sq. km)
     Total area (2000):    2790.030079 sq. miles (7226.144424 sq. km)
     Located within:       Montana (MT), FIPS 30
     Location:             47.633114 N, 115.084463 W
     Headwords:
      Sanders
      Sanders, MT
      Sanders County
      Sanders County, MT
  

From U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000) [gaz-place]:

  Sanders, KY -- U.S. city in Kentucky
     Population (2000):    246
     Housing Units (2000): 90
     Land area (2000):     0.311369 sq. miles (0.806441 sq. km)
     Water area (2000):    0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
     Total area (2000):    0.311369 sq. miles (0.806441 sq. km)
     FIPS code:            68358
     Located within:       Kentucky (KY), FIPS 21
     Location:             38.655329 N, 84.946506 W
     ZIP Codes (1990):     41083
     Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
     Headwords:
      Sanders, KY
      Sanders
  

















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