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centralia

centralia is the plural of centrale.

Meaning of centrale

Noun

centrale (plural centralia)

  1. The central, or one of the central, bones of the carpus or tarsus in most vertebrates. In the human tarsus it is represented by the navicular.
    Synonyms:
    os centrale

Proper noun (1) capitalized: Centralia

Centralia

  1. A city in Clinton County, Jefferson County, Marion County and Washington County, Illinois, named after the Illinois Central Railroad.
  2. A township in Marion County, Illinois.
  3. A minor city in Dubuque County, Iowa.
  4. A minor city in Nemaha County, Kansas.
  5. A city and township in Boone County, Missouri.
  6. A hamlet in the town of Stockton, Chautauqua County, New York.
  7. An unincorporated community in Craig County, Oklahoma.
  8. A borough and near-ghost town (due to an underground coal-mine fire) in Columbia County, Pennsylvania.
  9. An unincorporated community in Trinity County, Texas.
  10. An unincorporated community in Chesterfield County, Virginia.
  11. A city in Lewis County, Washington.
  12. An unincorporated community in Braxton County, West Virginia, the geographic centre of the state.
  13. A former city, merged in 1900 with Grand Rapids, later renamed Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin.
  14. A community in South Huron municipality, Huron County, Ontario, Canada.

Proper noun (2) capitalized: Centralia

Centralia

  1. Nickname for Central Australia: a geographic region in the Northern Territory, Australia, centred on Alice Springs.

Origin of centralia

From central + -ia.

Questions about centralia

What does centralia mean?
Centralia means a city in Clinton County, Jefferson County, Marion County and Washington County, Illinois, named after the Illinois Central Railroad.
What is centralia the plural of?
Centralia is the plural of centrale.
What part of speech is centralia?
Centralia is a proper noun.

Words near centralia in the dictionary

  1. Central Yupik
  2. Central Yupiks
  3. Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian
  4. Central-West Region
  5. centrale
  6. centralia
  7. Centralian
  8. Centralians
  9. centralisation
  10. centralisations
  11. centralise

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Adapted from Wiktionary: centralia (page history and authors); Centralia (page history and authors); centrale (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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