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Goshen

Syllables: Go·shen

Goshen proper noun: the Land of Goshen.

Proper noun

Goshen

  1. The Land of Goshen.
  2. A rural community of Guysborough County, Nova Scotia, Canada.
  3. A small town in Pike County, Alabama.
  4. A small city in Washington County, Arkansas.
  5. A census-designated place in Tulare County, California.
  6. A town in Litchfield County, Connecticut.
  7. A city, the county seat of Elkhart County, Indiana.
  8. A small city in Oldham County, Kentucky.
  9. A town in Hampshire County, Massachusetts.
  10. An unincorporated community in Mercer County, Missouri.
  11. A town in Sullivan County, New Hampshire.
  12. An unincorporated community in Cape May County, New Jersey.
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  1. A town and village in New York; the village is the county seat of Orange County.
  2. A census-designated place in Clermont County, Ohio.
  3. An unincorporated community in Tuscarawas County, Ohio.
  4. An unincorporated community in Lane County, Oregon.
  5. A ghost town in Henderson County, Texas.
  6. An unincorporated community in Parker County, Texas.
  7. An unincorporated community in Walker County, Texas.
  8. A town in Utah County, Utah.
  9. A small town in Addison County, Vermont.
  10. A small town in Rockbridge County, Virginia.
  11. A ghost town and former logging and farming community in Whatcom County, Washington.
  12. An unincorporated community in Upshur County, West Virginia.
  13. A number of townships, listed under Goshen Township.
  14. A locality in Break O'Day Council, north eastern Tasmania, Australia.

Noun

Goshen (plural Goshens)

  1. A land of light and plenty.
    • The possessions of these Abbies were each a sort of Goshen, enjoying the calm light of peace and immunity.1820, Walter Scott, The Monastery
    • Having taken this journey in order to escape the inclemencies I had suffered on the fifty-first parallel, I had hoped, I must confess, to enter a true Goshen on the forty-eighth.1962, WH Auden; Elizabeth Mayer, translating JW Goethe, Italian Journey, Penguin, published 1970, page 32

Goshen meaning in Tamil

Goshen in Tamil

ஒளிவள இடம்

Forms of Goshen

pluralGoshens

Origin of Goshen

From Hebrew גשן.

Words formed from Goshen

Phrases with Goshen

Questions about Goshen

What does Goshen mean?
Goshen means the Land of Goshen.
What is Goshen in Tamil?
Goshen in Tamil is ஒளிவள இடம். See Goshen meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is Goshen?
Goshen can be a proper noun or a noun.

Words near Goshen in the dictionary

  1. goshdangit
  2. goshdarn
  3. goshdarned
  4. goshdarnit
  5. goshdurn
  6. Goshen
  7. Goshen County
  8. goshenite
  9. Goshens
  10. gosherd
  11. gosherds

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