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Jefferson Davis

Jefferson Davis is the ellipsis of Jefferson Davis County.

Jefferson Davis is the ellipsis of Jefferson Davis Parish.

Meaning of Jefferson Davis County

Proper noun

Jefferson Davis County

  1. One of 82 counties in Mississippi, United States. County seat: Prentiss.

Meaning of Jefferson Davis Parish

Proper noun

Jefferson Davis Parish

  1. One of 64 parishes in Louisiana, United States, the equivalent of a county in other US states. Parish seat: Jennings.

Origin of Jefferson Davis

From the name of the rebel president, Jefferson Davis, of the 19th century secessionist country of the Confederate States of America.

Words formed from Jefferson Davis

Questions about Jefferson Davis

What is Jefferson Davis the ellipsis of?
Jefferson Davis is the ellipsis of Jefferson Davis County.

Words near Jefferson Davis in the dictionary

  1. jefferisite
  2. Jeffers
  3. Jefferson
  4. Jefferson City
  5. Jefferson County
  6. Jefferson Davis
  7. Jefferson Davis County
  8. Jefferson Davis Parish
  9. Jefferson disk
  10. Jefferson method
  11. Jefferson Parish

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Jefferson Davis (page history and authors); Jefferson Davis County (page history and authors); Jefferson Davis Parish (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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