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Brownsville

Brownsville proper noun: a former settlement in Calaveras County, California.

Proper noun

Brownsville

  1. A former settlement in Calaveras County, California.
  2. An unincorporated community in Yuba County, California.
  3. A census-designated place in Miami, Florida.
  4. An unincorporated community in Escambia County, Florida.
  5. A ghost town in Jackson County, Illinois. It was the former county seat.
  6. An unincorporated community in White County, Illinois.
  7. A township and unincorporated community therein, in Union County, Indiana.
  8. A small home rule city, the county seat of Edmonson County, Kentucky.
  9. An unincorporated community and census-designated place in Ouachita Parish, Louisiana.
  10. An unincorporated community and census-designated place in Washington County, Maryland.
  11. A minor city and township in Houston County, Minnesota.
  12. An unincorporated community in Hinds County, Mississippi.
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  1. A neighbourhood of Brooklyn, New York.
  2. A census-designated place in Licking County, Ohio.
  3. A city in Linn County, Oregon.
  4. A borough and township in Fayette County, Pennsylvania.
  5. An unincorporated community in Berks County, Pennsylvania.
  6. An unincorporated community in Lawrence County, South Dakota.
  7. A city, the county seat of Haywood County, Tennessee.
  8. A city, the county seat of Cameron County, Texas, named after Fort Brown (the former Fort Texas), which was named after American soldier Jacob Brown.
  9. An unincorporated community in Windsor County, Vermont.
  10. An unincorporated community in Kitsap County, Washington.
  11. An unincorporated community in Lewis County, West Virginia.
  12. A village in Dodge County, Wisconsin.
  13. A former community in Surrey, British Columbia, Canada.
  14. A community in Oxford County, Ontario, Canada.
  15. A suburb of Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia.

Origin of Brownsville

From Brown + -s- + -ville.

Questions about Brownsville

What does Brownsville mean?
Brownsville means a former settlement in Calaveras County, California.
What part of speech is Brownsville?
Brownsville is a proper noun.

Words near Brownsville in the dictionary

  1. brownstoner
  2. brownstoners
  3. brownstones
  4. brownstoning
  5. Brownstown
  6. Brownsville
  7. Brownswick
  8. Brownsword
  9. browntail
  10. browntails
  11. Brownton

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