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Rio Dell

Rio Dell proper noun: a city in Humboldt County, California, United States.

Proper noun

Rio Dell

  1. A city in Humboldt County, California, United States.

Origin of Rio Dell

Coined in 1870 by Lorenzo Painter, owner of the eponymous Rio Dell Hotel, as a combination of Spanish río (“river”) and English dell (“a small wooded valley”).

Questions about Rio Dell

What does Rio Dell mean?
Rio Dell means a city in Humboldt County, California, United States.
What part of speech is Rio Dell?
Rio Dell is a proper noun.

Words near Rio Dell in the dictionary

  1. Rio Branco
  2. Rio de Contas
  3. Rio de Janeiro
  4. Rio de la Plata
  5. Rio del Mar
  6. Rio Dell
  7. Rio Grande
  8. Rio Grande City
  9. Rio Grande County
  10. Rio Grande disease
  11. Rio Grande do Norte

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