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Sheboygan

Sheboygan proper noun: a city, the county seat of Sheboygan County, Wisconsin, United States. Also the ellipsis of Sheboygan County.

Proper noun

Sheboygan

  1. A city, the county seat of Sheboygan County, Wisconsin, United States.
    • While growing up in Sheboygan, she created films at Lutheran High School, as well as throughout college at Milwaukee Lutheran.2017 October 3, Leah Ulatowski, “Funny girl: Sheboygan filmmaker graduates with first class of the Harold Ramis Film School”, in Sheboygan Press, archived from the original on 30 Nov 2020
    • When I first arrived in Sheboygan a few months ago, I went to a lot of coffee shops and museums.2018 April 10, Marina Affo, “What do Sheboyganites want in a first date? | Low Key Lovesick”, in Sheboygan Press, archived from the original on 19 Apr 2021
  2. A town in Sheboygan County, Wisconsin, United States, adjacent to the city of the same name.
  3. A river in Wisconsin, United States, which runs into Lake Michigan at Sheboygan; in full, Sheboygan River.

Also used as

Sheboygan is also the ellipsis of Sheboygan County.

Origin of Sheboygan

In the Menominee language, the place is known as Sāpīwǣhekaneh, "at a hearing distance in the woods". However, prior to its settlement by European Americans, the area had also been home to members of the Potawatomi, Chippewa, Ottawa and Winnebago tribes.

Words formed from Sheboygan

Questions about Sheboygan

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

Words near Sheboygan in the dictionary

  1. sheboons
  2. shebop
  3. shebopped
  4. shebopping
  5. shebops
  6. Sheboygan
  7. Sheboygan County
  8. Sheboyganite
  9. Sheboyganites
  10. Shebrew
  11. Shebrews

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