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La Grande

La Grande proper noun: a city, the county seat of Union County, Oregon, United States.

Proper noun

La Grande

  1. A city, the county seat of Union County, Oregon, United States.

Origin of La Grande

From French, a comment by a Frenchman on the area's beauty. Renamed from Brownsville for Post Office reasons.

Questions about La Grande

What does La Grande mean?
La Grande means a city, the county seat of Union County, Oregon, United States.
What part of speech is La Grande?
La Grande is a proper noun.

Words near La Grande in the dictionary

  1. La Fregeneda
  2. La Gomera
  3. La Gomera giant lizard
  4. La Gomera giant lizards
  5. La Goulette
  6. La Grande
  7. La Grange
  8. La Guajira
  9. La Habra
  10. La Habra Heights
  11. La Hogue

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