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Tacony

Tacony proper noun: a small creek in northern Philadelphia, in Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, United States. It feeds into Frankford Creek.

Proper noun

Tacony

  1. A small creek in northern Philadelphia, in Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, United States. It feeds into Frankford Creek.
    Synonyms:
    Tacony Creek

Synonyms of Tacony

  • Tacony Creek

Origin of Tacony

Borrowed from Unami tèkhane (literally “cold river”).

Words formed from Tacony

Questions about Tacony

What does Tacony mean?
Tacony means a small creek in northern Philadelphia, in Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, United States. It feeds into Frankford Creek.
What part of speech is Tacony?
Tacony is a proper noun.

Words near Tacony in the dictionary

  1. Taconian
  2. Taconic
  3. taconite
  4. taconites
  5. taconitic
  6. Tacony
  7. tacops
  8. tacos
  9. TACOs out
  10. tacos vampiros
  11. tacrine

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