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Nauvoo

Nauvoo proper noun: a town in Walker County and Winston County, Alabama, named after Nauvoo, Illinois.

Proper noun

Nauvoo

  1. A town in Walker County and Winston County, Alabama, named after Nauvoo, Illinois.
  2. A minor city in Hancock County, Illinois, named by Mormon Joseph Smith.
  3. An unincorporated community in Tioga County, Pennsylvania.
  4. An unincorporated community in York County, Pennsylvania.
  5. An unincorporated community in Dyer County, Tennessee.

Origin of Nauvoo

Apparently from Biblical Hebrew נָאווּ (nɔʔwu, “were beautiful”), taken from Isaiah 52:7.

Questions about Nauvoo

What does Nauvoo mean?
Nauvoo means a town in Walker County and Winston County, Alabama, named after Nauvoo, Illinois.
What part of speech is Nauvoo?
Nauvoo is a proper noun.

Words near Nauvoo in the dictionary

  1. nautilitic
  2. nautiloid
  3. nautiloids
  4. nautilus
  5. nautiluses
  6. Nauvoo
  7. nav
  8. nav.
  9. Nava
  10. Nava'i
  11. navafenterol

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