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Tarboro

Tarboro proper noun: a town, the county seat of Edgecombe County, North Carolina, United States.

Proper noun

Tarboro

  1. A town, the county seat of Edgecombe County, North Carolina, United States.
  2. An unincorporated community in Jasper County, South Carolina, United States.

Origin of Tarboro

Named (in North Carolina) after the Tar River + -boro.

Questions about Tarboro

What does Tarboro mean?
Tarboro means a town, the county seat of Edgecombe County, North Carolina, United States.
What part of speech is Tarboro?
Tarboro is a proper noun.

Words near Tarboro in the dictionary

  1. tarbomb
  2. tarbombs
  3. tarboosh
  4. tarbooshed
  5. tarbooshes
  6. Tarboro
  7. tarbosaur
  8. tarbosaurs
  9. Tarbot
  10. tarbouche
  11. tarbouched

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