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Hattiesburg

Hattiesburg proper noun: a city, the county seat of Forrest County, Mississippi, United States. A small portion of the city is in Lamar County.

Proper noun

Hattiesburg

  1. A city, the county seat of Forrest County, Mississippi, United States. A small portion of the city is in Lamar County.
    • “First you go to Hattiesburg,” Kinney said. “That should be fairly easy. It’s written big on the map.”2021, Percival Everett, The Trees, Influx Press (2022), page 130

Origin of Hattiesburg

From Hattie (“female name”) + -burg.

Questions about Hattiesburg

What does Hattiesburg mean?
Hattiesburg means a city, the county seat of Forrest County, Mississippi, United States. A small portion of the city is in Lamar County.
What part of speech is Hattiesburg?
Hattiesburg is a proper noun.

Words near Hattiesburg in the dictionary

  1. Hattie
  2. Hattie leaf
  3. Hattie leaves
  4. hattier
  5. hatties
  6. Hattiesburg
  7. hattiest
  8. hatting
  9. Hattingley
  10. hattings
  11. hattis

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