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Petoskey

Petoskey proper noun: a city and coastal resort, the county seat of Emmet County, Michigan, United States.

Proper noun

Petoskey

  1. A city and coastal resort, the county seat of Emmet County, Michigan, United States.

Origin of Petoskey

From Ottawa biidaasige (“light that is coming”), from Chief Ignatius Petoskey.

Words formed from Petoskey

Phrases with Petoskey

Questions about Petoskey

What does Petoskey mean?
Petoskey means a city and coastal resort, the county seat of Emmet County, Michigan, United States.
What part of speech is Petoskey?
Petoskey is a proper noun.

Words near Petoskey in the dictionary

  1. Petone
  2. petong
  3. Petoniak
  4. Petorca
  5. Petos
  6. Petoskey
  7. Petoskey stone
  8. Petoskey stones
  9. petpill
  10. petpilled
  11. petpills

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