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Arlington County

Arlington County proper noun: the smallest of the 95 counties in Virginia, United States. It is adjacent to Washington, D.C., and coterminous with the census-designated place of Arlington.

Proper noun

Arlington County

  1. The smallest of the 95 counties in Virginia, United States. It is adjacent to Washington, D.C., and coterminous with the census-designated place of Arlington.

Origin of Arlington County

The name goes back to Henry Bennet, 1st Earl of Arlington

Questions about Arlington County

What does Arlington County mean?
Arlington County means the smallest of the 95 counties in Virginia, United States. It is adjacent to Washington, D.C., and coterminous with the census-designated place of Arlington.
What part of speech is Arlington County?
Arlington County is a proper noun.

Words near Arlington County in the dictionary

  1. Arlidge
  2. Arlidges
  3. Arline
  4. Arlingham
  5. Arlington
  6. Arlington County
  7. Arlington Heights
  8. Arlingtonian
  9. Arlingtonians
  10. Arlo
  11. Arlon

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