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Humboldt County

Humboldt County proper noun: one of 58 counties in California, United States. County seat: Eureka. Named after Humboldt Bay.

Proper noun

Humboldt County

  1. One of 58 counties in California, United States. County seat: Eureka. Named after Humboldt Bay.
    • This part of Humboldt County along the coast and in the hills [...] was cooler when I was a boy.1998, Octavia E. Butler, Parable of the Talents, HEADLINE PUBLISHING GROUP (2019), page 60
  2. One of 99 counties in Iowa, United States. County seat: Dakota City. Named after Alexander von Humboldt.
  3. One of 16 counties in Nevada, United States. County seat: Winnemucca. Named after the Humboldt River.

Questions about Humboldt County

What does Humboldt County mean?
Humboldt County means one of 58 counties in California, United States. County seat: Eureka. Named after Humboldt Bay.
What part of speech is Humboldt County?
Humboldt County is a proper noun.

Words near Humboldt County in the dictionary

  1. humblings
  2. humblish
  3. humbly
  4. Humboldt
  5. Humboldt Bay
  6. Humboldt County
  7. Humboldt Hill
  8. Humboldt Park
  9. Humboldt penguin
  10. Humboldt penguins
  11. Humboldt River Ranch

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