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Metairie

/ˈmɛtəri/

Metairie proper noun: an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Jefferson Parish, Louisiana, United States.

Proper noun

Metairie

  1. An unincorporated community and census-designated place in Jefferson Parish, Louisiana, United States.

Origin of Metairie

Borrowed from French métairie (“small tenant farm”).

Questions about Metairie

What does Metairie mean?
Metairie means an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Jefferson Parish, Louisiana, United States.
What part of speech is Metairie?
Metairie is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce Metairie?
Metairie is pronounced /ˈmɛtəri/.

Words near Metairie in the dictionary

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  2. metainformation
  3. metainformational
  4. metainformative
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  6. Metairie
  7. metajoke
  8. metajokes
  9. metajuridical
  10. metakahlerite
  11. metakaolin

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