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Joliet

Joliet proper noun: a city, the county seat of Will County, also in Kendall County, Illinois.

Proper noun

Joliet

  1. A city, the county seat of Will County, also in Kendall County, Illinois.
  2. A township in Will County, Illinois.
  3. A town in Carbon County, Montana.
  4. A township in Platte County, Nebraska.
  5. An unincorporated community in Caldwell County, Texas.
  6. A file system specification that extends ISO 9660 to relax restrictions on filenames.

Origin of Joliet

The city in Illinois was probably named after 17th-century explorer Louis Jolliet.

Questions about Joliet

What does Joliet mean?
Joliet means a city, the county seat of Will County, also in Kendall County, Illinois.
What part of speech is Joliet?
Joliet is a proper noun.

Words near Joliet in the dictionary

  1. Joletta
  2. Jolfa
  3. Jolicoeur
  4. Jolie
  5. Jolie gene
  6. Joliet
  7. Joliette
  8. Jolimont
  9. Jolin
  10. joling
  11. Jolins

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