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De Kalb

De Kalb proper noun: a town in New York.

Proper noun (1)

De Kalb

  1. A town in New York.
  2. A city in Illinois.
  3. A city in Texas.
  4. A town, the county seat of Kemper County, Mississippi.
  5. A city in Missouri.
  6. An unincorporated community in West Virginia.

Proper noun (2) capitalized: de Kalb

de Kalb

  1. A surname.

Origin of De Kalb

Named for Johann de Kalb, a Franconian-French military officer who served as a major general in the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War.

Questions about De Kalb

What does De Kalb mean?
De Kalb means a town in New York.
What part of speech is De Kalb?
De Kalb is a proper noun.

Words near De Kalb in the dictionary

  1. de Jongh
  2. de Jonghs
  3. de Jongs
  4. de jour
  5. de jure
  6. De Kalb
  7. De Kay's brown snake
  8. De Kay's brown snakes
  9. De Kay's snake
  10. De Kay's snakes
  11. De Klerk

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