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Corvallis

Corvallis proper noun: a census-designated place in Ravalli County, Montana, United States, named by settlers from Oregon.

Proper noun

Corvallis

  1. A census-designated place in Ravalli County, Montana, United States, named by settlers from Oregon.
  2. A city, the county seat of Benton County, Oregon, United States. Original name: Marysville.

Origin of Corvallis

Taken from Latin, meaning "heart of the valley".

Questions about Corvallis

What does Corvallis mean?
Corvallis means a census-designated place in Ravalli County, Montana, United States, named by settlers from Oregon.
What part of speech is Corvallis?
Corvallis is a proper noun.

Words near Corvallis in the dictionary

  1. coruscating
  2. coruscatingly
  3. coruscatings
  4. coruscation
  5. coruscations
  6. Corvallis
  7. corve
  8. corvee
  9. corvees
  10. corver
  11. Corvera

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