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Shelbyville

/ˈʃɛlbivɪl/

Shelbyville proper noun: a city, the county seat of Shelby County, Illinois, United States.

Proper noun

Shelbyville

  1. A city, the county seat of Shelby County, Illinois, United States.
  2. A city, the county seat of Shelby County, Indiana, United States.
  3. A home rule city, the county seat of Shelby County, Kentucky, United States.
  4. A city, the county seat of Shelby County, Missouri, United States.
  5. A city, the county seat of Bedford County, Tennessee, United States.
  6. An unincorporated community in Wayland Township, Allegan County, Michigan, United States.
  7. An unincorporated community in Shelby County, Texas, United States.

Origin of Shelbyville

From Shelby + -ville, after Isaac Shelby.

Words formed from Shelbyville

Questions about Shelbyville

What does Shelbyville mean?
Shelbyville means a city, the county seat of Shelby County, Illinois, United States.
What part of speech is Shelbyville?
Shelbyville is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce Shelbyville?
Shelbyville is pronounced /ˈʃɛlbivɪl/.

Words near Shelbyville in the dictionary

  1. Shelburnes
  2. Shelby
  3. Shelby County
  4. Shelby knot
  5. Shelby knots
  6. Shelbyville
  7. Shelbyvillian
  8. Shelbyvillians
  9. sheld
  10. sheldaple
  11. sheldaples

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