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Mendota

Mendota proper noun: a city in Fresno County, California.

Proper noun

Mendota

  1. A city in Fresno County, California.
  2. A city in LaSalle County, Illinois.
  3. A township in LaSalle County, Illinois.
  4. A minor city in Dakota County, Minnesota.
  5. An unincorporated community in Washington County, Virginia.
  6. An extinct town in Lewis County, Washington.

Origin of Mendota

From Dakota bdóte (“mouth or junction of one river with another”).

Questions about Mendota

What does Mendota mean?
Mendota means a city in Fresno County, California.
What part of speech is Mendota?
Mendota is a proper noun.

Words near Mendota in the dictionary

  1. Mendonca
  2. Mendoncas
  3. Mendooran
  4. Mendosa
  5. Mendosas
  6. Mendota
  7. mendoza
  8. Mendoza line
  9. mendozas
  10. mendozavilite
  11. mendozer

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