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Pierce County

Pierce County proper noun: one of 159 counties in Georgia, United States. County seat: Blackshear.

Proper noun

Pierce County

  1. One of 159 counties in Georgia, United States. County seat: Blackshear.
  2. One of 93 counties in Nebraska, United States. County seat: Pierce.
  3. One of 53 counties in North Dakota, United States. County seat: Rugby. Named after Gilbert A. Pierce.
  4. One of 39 counties in Washington, United States. County seat: Tacoma.
    • “A joyride gone terribly wrong,” Pierce County Sheriff Paul Pastor said during a news conference in Steilacoom, which is about 3 miles from the island.2018 August 10, Paige Cornwell, Agueda Pacheco-Flores, “Airplane taken from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport has crashed”, in The Seattle Times, archived from the original on 30 Aug 2018
  5. One of 72 counties in Wisconsin, United States. County seat: Ellsworth.

Origin of Pierce County

All are named after President Franklin Pierce except in North Dakota.

Questions about Pierce County

What does Pierce County mean?
Pierce County means one of 159 counties in Georgia, United States. County seat: Blackshear.
What part of speech is Pierce County?
Pierce County is a proper noun.

Words near Pierce County in the dictionary

  1. Pierakop
  2. Pieratt
  3. Pieratts
  4. pierc't
  5. pierce
  6. Pierce County
  7. Pierce's disease
  8. pierceability
  9. pierceable
  10. Piercebridge
  11. pierced

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