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Beaufort County

Beaufort County proper noun: one of 100 counties in North Carolina, United States. County seat: Washington. Named after Henry Scudamore, 3rd Duke of Beaufort.

Proper noun

Beaufort County

  1. One of 100 counties in North Carolina, United States. County seat: Washington. Named after Henry Scudamore, 3rd Duke of Beaufort.
  2. One of 46 counties in South Carolina, United States. County seat: Beaufort. Named after Henry Somerset, 2nd Duke of Beaufort.

Questions about Beaufort County

What does Beaufort County mean?
Beaufort County means one of 100 counties in North Carolina, United States. County seat: Washington. Named after Henry Scudamore, 3rd Duke of Beaufort.
What part of speech is Beaufort County?
Beaufort County is a proper noun.

Words near Beaufort County in the dictionary

  1. Beaufords
  2. Beaufort
  3. Beaufort boil
  4. Beaufort cipher
  5. Beaufort ciphers
  6. Beaufort County
  7. Beaufort scale
  8. Beaufort Sea
  9. Beaufort West
  10. Beauforts
  11. Beaugency

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