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DeSoto

DeSoto proper noun: an unincorporated community in Delaware County, Indiana, United States. Also spelt Desoto.

desoto: an unincorporated community in Delaware County, Indiana, United States. Also spelt Desoto
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Proper noun

DeSoto

  1. An unincorporated community in Delaware County, Indiana, United States. Also spelt Desoto.
  2. A city in Dallas County, Texas, United States.
  3. A brand of automobile produced and sold by Chrysler Corporation between 1928 and 1961.
    • Eventually my grandmother drove along in a green Desoto and gave me a ride home.1970, Jeff Wanshel, The Disintegration of James Cherry, Dramatists Play Service, →ISBN, page 30

Questions about DeSoto

What does DeSoto mean?
DeSoto means an unincorporated community in Delaware County, Indiana, United States. Also spelt Desoto.
What part of speech is DeSoto?
DeSoto is a proper noun.

Words near DeSoto in the dictionary

  1. desosamine
  2. desosaminyl
  3. desosaminyls
  4. desotamide
  5. desotamides
  6. DeSoto
  7. DeSoto County
  8. DeSoto Parish
  9. desoul
  10. desouled
  11. desouling

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