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Grand Rapids

Grand Rapids proper noun: a city, the county seat of Kent County, Michigan.

grand rapids: a city, the county seat of Kent County, Michigan
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Proper noun

Grand Rapids

  1. A city, the county seat of Kent County, Michigan.
    • Creativity has been a part of the fabric in Grand Rapids from the beginning. Long before becoming Beer City, Grand Rapids was Furniture City.2024 June 23, Amy S. Eckert, “Why ‘Beer City USA’ is so much more than a drinking town”, in CNN, archived from the original on 17 Aug 2024
  2. A city, the county seat of Itasca County, Minnesota.
  3. An unincorporated community in LaMoure County, North Dakota.
  4. A village and township in Wood County, Ohio.
  5. A town in Wood County, Wisconsin. The city of Wisconsin Rapids was also named Grand Rapids, but was renamed in 1920.
  6. A community in British Columbia.
  7. A town in Manitoba.

Words formed from Grand Rapids

Questions about Grand Rapids

What does Grand Rapids mean?
Grand Rapids means a city, the county seat of Kent County, Michigan.
What part of speech is Grand Rapids?
Grand Rapids is a proper noun.

Words near Grand Rapids in the dictionary

  1. grand prizes
  2. grand quarter
  3. grand quarters
  4. Grand Rapidian
  5. Grand Rapidians
  6. Grand Rapids
  7. Grand Rapids disease
  8. Grand Ridge
  9. Grand River
  10. grand rounds
  11. grand salami

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