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Decatur

/dɪˈkeɪtə(ɹ)/

Decatur proper noun: a city, the county seat of Morgan County, Alabama.

Proper noun

Decatur

  1. A city, the county seat of Morgan County, Alabama.
  2. A city in Benton County, Arkansas.
  3. A city, the county seat of DeKalb County, Georgia.
    • “We are social beings,” Jaime Blandino, a clinical psychologist in Decatur, Georgia, told CNN. “My most extroverted clients are having the hardest time.”2020 March 23, Ryan Prior, “The extrovert’s guide to social distancing”, in CNN
  4. A city, the county seat of Macon County, Illinois.
  5. A township in Macon County, Illinois.
  6. A city, the county seat of Adams County, Indiana.
  7. A township in Marion County, Indiana.
  8. A township and village therein, in Van Buren County, Michigan.
  9. A town, the county seat of Newton County, Mississippi.
  10. A ghost town in Cole County, Missouri.
  11. A township and village therein, in Burt County, Nebraska.
  12. A town in Otsego County, New York.
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  1. A township in Lawrence County, Ohio.
  2. A township in Washington County, Ohio.
  3. A township in Clearfield County, Pennsylvania.
  4. A township in Mifflin County, Pennsylvania.
  5. A town, the county seat of Meigs County, Tennessee.
  6. A city, the county seat of Wise County, Texas.
  7. An unincorporated community on Decatur Island, San Juan County, Washington.
  8. A town in Green County, Wisconsin.
  9. A surname.

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Questions about Decatur

What does Decatur mean?
Decatur means a city, the county seat of Morgan County, Alabama.
What part of speech is Decatur?
Decatur is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce Decatur?
Decatur is pronounced /dɪˈkeɪtə(ɹ)/.

Words near Decatur in the dictionary

  1. decatriene
  2. decatrienes
  3. decatron
  4. decatrons
  5. decatungsten
  6. Decatur
  7. Decatur County
  8. Decaturville
  9. decaudate
  10. decaudated
  11. decaudates

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