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Janesville

Janesville proper noun: a census-designated place in Lassen County, California, United States.

Proper noun

Janesville

  1. A census-designated place in Lassen County, California, United States.
  2. A small city in Black Hawk County and Bremer County, Iowa, United States, named after Jane McPherson Barrick.
  3. A city and township in Waseca County, Minnesota, United States.
  4. A city, the county seat of Rock County, Wisconsin, United States, named after Henry F. Janes.
    • Whether the closure of this fabled 4.8-million-square-foot facility does or does not destroy Janesville is for the reader to decide.2017 April 19, Jennifer Senior, “In ‘Janesville,’ When the G.M. Plant Closed, Havoc Followed”, in The New York Times
  5. A town in Rock County, Wisconsin, United States, adjacent to the city of the same name.

Origin of Janesville

From Jane + -s- + -ville or Janes + -ville.

Questions about Janesville

What does Janesville mean?
Janesville means a census-designated place in Lassen County, California, United States.
What part of speech is Janesville?
Janesville is a proper noun.

Words near Janesville in the dictionary

  1. Janeitism
  2. Janelle
  3. Janelles
  4. janes
  5. Janessa
  6. Janesville
  7. Janet
  8. Janet and John
  9. Janetian
  10. Janets
  11. Janetta

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