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Prairie du Chien

Prairie du Chien proper noun: a city, the county seat of Crawford County, Wisconsin, United States.

Proper noun

Prairie du Chien

  1. A city, the county seat of Crawford County, Wisconsin, United States.
  2. A town in Crawford County, Wisconsin, which includes part of the city.

Origin of Prairie du Chien

From French prairie du chien; compare with French chien de prairie.

Questions about Prairie du Chien

What does Prairie du Chien mean?
Prairie du Chien means a city, the county seat of Crawford County, Wisconsin, United States.
What part of speech is Prairie du Chien?
Prairie du Chien is a proper noun.

Words near Prairie du Chien in the dictionary

  1. prairie dog
  2. prairie dogged
  3. prairie dogging
  4. prairie doggings
  5. prairie dogs
  6. Prairie du Chien
  7. prairie fairies
  8. prairie fairy
  9. prairie falcon
  10. prairie falcons
  11. prairie fleabane

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