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Crites

Crites proper noun: a surname from German.

Proper noun

Crites (countable and uncountable, plural Criteses)

  1. A surname from German.
  2. An unincorporated community in Logan County, West Virginia, United States.

Forms of Crites

pluralCriteses

Origin of Crites

Americanized spelling of German Kreutz.

Questions about Crites

What does Crites mean?
Crites means a surname from German.
What part of speech is Crites?
Crites is a proper noun.

Words near Crites in the dictionary

  1. criterionlessness
  2. criterions
  3. criterior
  4. criterium
  5. criteriums
  6. Crites
  7. Criteses
  8. crith
  9. crithidial
  10. crithmumdiol
  11. crithomancy

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