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Bourbon County

Bourbon County proper noun: one of 105 counties in Kansas, United States. County seat: Fort Scott. Named after the county in Kentucky.

Proper noun

Bourbon County

  1. One of 105 counties in Kansas, United States. County seat: Fort Scott. Named after the county in Kentucky.
  2. One of 120 counties in Kentucky, United States. County seat: Paris. Named after the former county of Virginia, one of the counties that was carved out to create Kentucky. The Kentucky county is much smaller than the former Virginia county, though lying within the territory of that former county.
  3. (US, historical, obsolete) A former county of Virginia, 13 Colonies, British North America. Named after the House of Bourbon, the ruling house of France at the time of naming.

Words formed from Bourbon County

Questions about Bourbon County

What does Bourbon County mean?
Bourbon County means one of 105 counties in Kansas, United States. County seat: Fort Scott. Named after the county in Kentucky.
What part of speech is Bourbon County?
Bourbon County is a proper noun.

Words near Bourbon County in the dictionary

  1. bourbon
  2. bourbon and branch
  3. Bourbon biscuit
  4. Bourbon biscuits
  5. bourbon chicken
  6. Bourbon County
  7. bourbon cream
  8. bourbon creams
  9. Bourbon rose
  10. Bourbon roses
  11. Bourbon virus

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