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Gainesville

Gainesville proper noun: a town in Sumter County, Alabama.

Proper noun

Gainesville

  1. A town in Sumter County, Alabama.
  2. An unincorporated community in Greene County, Arkansas, the county seat until 1884.
  3. A city, the county seat of Alachua County, Florida, home to the University of Florida. Named after Edmund P. Gaines.
  4. A city, the county seat of Hall County, Georgia, named after Edmund P. Gaines.
  5. A minor city, the county seat of Ozark County, Missouri, named after Gainesville, Georgia.
  6. A town and village therein, in Wyoming County, New York, named after Edmund P. Gaines.
  7. A city, the county seat of Cooke County, Texas, named after Edmund P. Gaines.
  8. A census-designated place in Prince William County, Virginia, probably named after Thomas Brawner Gaines.

Origin of Gainesville

From Gaines + -ville.

Questions about Gainesville

What does Gainesville mean?
Gainesville means a town in Sumter County, Alabama.
What part of speech is Gainesville?
Gainesville is a proper noun.

Words near Gainesville in the dictionary

  1. Gaines
  2. Gaines County
  3. Gainesboro
  4. gainesite
  5. gainest
  6. Gainesville
  7. gaineth
  8. Gainey
  9. Gaineys
  10. Gainford
  11. gainful

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