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South Bend

South Bend proper noun: a city, the county seat of St. Joseph County, Indiana, named after the southern bend of the St. Joseph River.

Proper noun

South Bend

  1. A city, the county seat of St. Joseph County, Indiana, named after the southern bend of the St. Joseph River.
    • But on that Sunday it was filled with Episcopalians from around the country who had traveled to South Bend to attend his campaign launch.2019 August 16, Daniel Burke, “How Pete Buttigieg found God”, in CNN, archived from the original on 22 Oct 2021
  2. A township in Barton County, Kansas.
  3. A township in Blue Earth County, Minnesota.
  4. A village in Cass County, Nebraska.
  5. A township and unincorporated community therein, in Armstrong County, Pennsylvania.
  6. An unincorporated community in Young County, Texas.
  7. A city, the county seat of Pacific County, Washington.

Words formed from South Bend

Questions about South Bend

What does South Bend mean?
South Bend means a city, the county seat of St. Joseph County, Indiana, named after the southern bend of the St. Joseph River.
What part of speech is South Bend?
South Bend is a proper noun.

Words near South Bend in the dictionary

  1. South Beach Diet
  2. South Beach Diets
  3. South Beaches
  4. South Beaver Dam
  5. South Bellingham
  6. South Bend
  7. South Bender
  8. South Benders
  9. South Benfleet
  10. South Berlin
  11. South Berwick

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