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Hagerstown

Hagerstown proper noun: a city, the county seat of Washington County, Maryland; named for founder Jonathan Hager.

Proper noun

Hagerstown

  1. A city, the county seat of Washington County, Maryland; named for founder Jonathan Hager.
  2. A town in Indiana; named for the city in Maryland.
  3. A ghost town in Ohio.

Origin of Hagerstown

From Hager + -s- + town.

Questions about Hagerstown

What does Hagerstown mean?
Hagerstown means a city, the county seat of Washington County, Maryland; named for founder Jonathan Hager.
What part of speech is Hagerstown?
Hagerstown is a proper noun.

Words near Hagerstown in the dictionary

  1. Hagerite
  2. Hagerites
  3. Hagerman
  4. Hagermans
  5. Hagers
  6. Hagerstown
  7. Hagerstownian
  8. Hagerty
  9. Hagertys
  10. Hagey
  11. Hageys

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