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Rutherford County

Rutherford County proper noun: one of 100 counties in North Carolina, United States. County seat: Rutherfordton.

Proper noun

Rutherford County

  1. One of 100 counties in North Carolina, United States. County seat: Rutherfordton.
  2. One of 95 counties in Tennessee, United States. County seat: Murfreesboro.

Origin of Rutherford County

Both counties are named after Griffith Rutherford.

Questions about Rutherford County

What does Rutherford County mean?
Rutherford County means one of 100 counties in North Carolina, United States. County seat: Rutherfordton.
What part of speech is Rutherford County?
Rutherford County is a proper noun.

Words near Rutherford County in the dictionary

  1. ruthenylated
  2. ruther
  3. rutherford
  4. Rutherford atom
  5. Rutherford atoms
  6. Rutherford County
  7. Rutherford model
  8. Rutherford scattering
  9. Rutherford scatterings
  10. Rutherford-Bohr model
  11. Rutherfordian

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