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Americus

/əˈmɛɹ.ɪ.kʊs/

Americus proper noun: a city, the county seat of Sumter County, Georgia, United States.

Proper noun

Americus

  1. A city, the county seat of Sumter County, Georgia, United States.
  2. A census-designated place in Tippecanoe County, Indiana, United States.
  3. A small city in Lyon County, Kansas, United States.
  4. An unincorporated community in Montgomery County, Missouri, United States.
  5. A male given name.

Origin of Americus

Learned borrowing from Latin Americus.

Questions about Americus

What does Americus mean?
Americus means a city, the county seat of Sumter County, Georgia, United States.
What part of speech is Americus?
Americus is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce Americus?
Americus is pronounced /əˈmɛɹ.ɪ.kʊs/.

Words near Americus in the dictionary

  1. Americophobia
  2. Americophobic
  3. Americuck
  4. Americunt
  5. Americunts
  6. Americus
  7. americyl
  8. ameridelphian
  9. ameridelphians
  10. amerifat
  11. amerifats

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