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Emmetsburg

Emmetsburg proper noun: a city, the county seat of Palo Alto County, Iowa, United States.

Proper noun

Emmetsburg

  1. A city, the county seat of Palo Alto County, Iowa, United States.

Origin of Emmetsburg

From Emmet + -s- + -burg, named after Robert Emmet.

Questions about Emmetsburg

What does Emmetsburg mean?
Emmetsburg means a city, the county seat of Palo Alto County, Iowa, United States.
What part of speech is Emmetsburg?
Emmetsburg is a proper noun.

Words near Emmetsburg in the dictionary

  1. emmetropization
  2. emmetropize
  3. emmetropized
  4. emmetropy
  5. emmets
  6. Emmetsburg
  7. Emmett
  8. emmew
  9. emmewed
  10. emmewing
  11. emmews

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