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Nortonville

Nortonville proper noun: a ghost town in Contra Costa County, California; founded by Noah Norton.

Proper noun

Nortonville

  1. A ghost town in Contra Costa County, California; founded by Noah Norton.
  2. A minor city in Jefferson County, Kansas, named after railroad employee L. Norton.
  3. A city in Hopkins County, Kentucky, named after banker Eckstein Norton.

Origin of Nortonville

From the surname Norton + -ville.

Questions about Nortonville

What does Nortonville mean?
Nortonville means a ghost town in Contra Costa County, California; founded by Noah Norton.
What part of speech is Nortonville?
Nortonville is a proper noun.

Words near Nortonville in the dictionary

  1. Norton, Cuckney, Holbeck and Welbeck
  2. Norton-juxta-Kempsey
  3. Norton-on-Derwent
  4. Norton-on-Tees
  5. Nortons
  6. Nortonville
  7. nortrachelogenin
  8. nortriptyline
  9. nortriptylines
  10. nortriterpene
  11. nortriterpenes

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