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Kissimmee

Syllables: Kis·sim·mee

Kissimmee proper noun: a city, the county seat of Osceola County, Florida, United States.

Proper noun

Kissimmee

  1. A city, the county seat of Osceola County, Florida, United States.
  2. The Kissimmee River in Florida.

Origin of Kissimmee

Borrowed from Calusa, meaning "the long water / river", from k(a-) (“the”) + (ʔ)iśi (“water”) + -mi (“long”).

Words formed from Kissimmee

  • Lake Kissimmee

Questions about Kissimmee

What does Kissimmee mean?
Kissimmee means a city, the county seat of Osceola County, Florida, United States.
What part of speech is Kissimmee?
Kissimmee is a proper noun.

Words near Kissimmee in the dictionary

  1. kissied up
  2. kissier
  3. kissies
  4. kissies up
  5. kissiest
  6. Kissimmee
  7. kissin'
  8. kissiness
  9. kissing
  10. kissing and making up
  11. kissing and telling

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