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Merced County

Merced County proper noun: one of 58 counties in California, United States. County seat: Merced.

Proper noun

Merced County

  1. One of 58 counties in California, United States. County seat: Merced.
    • Authorities said the discovery of H5N9 bird flu in poultry came alongside the detection of the more common H5N1 strain on the same farm in Merced county, California, and that almost 119,000 birds on the farm had been killed since early December.2025 January 27, Edward Helmore, “First outbreak of rare bird flu strain reported at California poultry farm”, in The Guardian, archived from the original on 25 Mar 2025

Origin of Merced County

Named after the Merced River.

Questions about Merced County

What does Merced County mean?
Merced County means one of 58 counties in California, United States. County seat: Merced.
What part of speech is Merced County?
Merced County is a proper noun.

Words near Merced County in the dictionary

  1. mercature
  2. mercatures
  3. mercauro
  4. merce
  5. merced
  6. Merced County
  7. merced up
  8. Mercedarian
  9. Mercedarians
  10. Mercedes
  11. Mercedes La Ceiba

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