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Lake City

Lake City proper noun: a city in Arkansas, and one of the two county seats of Craighead County.

Proper noun

Lake City

  1. A city in Arkansas, and one of the two county seats of Craighead County.
  2. A census-designated place in Modoc County, California.
  3. An unincorporated community in Nevada County, California.
  4. A statutory town, the county seat of Hinsdale County, Colorado.
  5. A city, the county seat of Columbia County, Florida.
    • The new site, at the Baker Correctional Institution near Lake City in the northeast part of the state, will house more than 1,300 people, the governor and other state officials announced at an Aug. 14 news conference.2025 August 15, Ana Goñi-Lessan, “Florida to open second immigration detention facility, 'Deportation Depot'”, in USA Today
  6. A city in Clayton County, Georgia.
  7. An unincorporated community in Moultrie County, Illinois.
  8. A city in Calhoun County, Iowa, named after Lake Creek.
  9. An unincorporated community in Barber County, Kansas, derived from the surname.
  10. A city, the county seat of Missaukee County, Michigan.
  11. A city in Wabasha County and Goodhue County, Minnesota.
  12. A borough in Erie County, Pennsylvania.
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  1. A city in Florence County, South Carolina.
  2. A small town in Marshall County, South Dakota.
  3. A small town in San Patricio County, Texas.

Origin of Lake City

Most places appear to get their names from the presence of lakes, but one or two are derived from the surname Lake.

Questions about Lake City

What does Lake City mean?
Lake City means a city in Arkansas, and one of the two county seats of Craighead County.
What part of speech is Lake City?
Lake City is a proper noun.

Words near Lake City in the dictionary

  1. Lake Chargoggagoggmanchauggagoggchaubunagungamaugg
  2. Lake Charles
  3. Lake Charm
  4. Lake Chudskoe
  5. Lake Chudskoye
  6. Lake City
  7. Lake Como
  8. Lake Condah
  9. Lake Constance
  10. Lake Country
  11. Lake County

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