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Meadville

Meadville proper noun: a town, the county seat of Franklin County, Mississippi, named after Cowles Mead.

Proper noun

Meadville

  1. A town, the county seat of Franklin County, Mississippi, named after Cowles Mead.
  2. A minor city in Linn County, Missouri, named after Charles Mead.
  3. An unincorporated community in Keya Paha County, Nebraska, named after Merrit I. Mead.
  4. A city, the county seat of Crawford County, Pennsylvania, named after David Mead.

Origin of Meadville

From the surname Mead + -ville.

Questions about Meadville

What does Meadville mean?
Meadville means a town, the county seat of Franklin County, Mississippi, named after Cowles Mead.
What part of speech is Meadville?
Meadville is a proper noun.

Words near Meadville in the dictionary

  1. Meadowvale
  2. meadowwort
  3. meadowy
  4. meads
  5. meadsweet
  6. Meadville
  7. meadwort
  8. meady
  9. Meaford
  10. Meagain
  11. Meagan

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