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Tompkinsville

Tompkinsville proper noun: a city, the county seat of Monroe County, Kentucky, United States.

Proper noun

Tompkinsville

  1. A city, the county seat of Monroe County, Kentucky, United States.
  2. A locality in Charles County, Maryland, United States.
  3. A neighbourhood of Staten Island, New York City, New York, United States.

Origin of Tompkinsville

From Tompkins + -ville, named after Vice-President Daniel D. Tompkins in Kentucky and Staten Island.

Questions about Tompkinsville

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

Words near Tompkinsville in the dictionary

  1. tompions
  2. Tompkin
  3. Tompkins
  4. Tompkins County
  5. Tompkinson
  6. Tompkinsville
  7. Tompojevci
  8. tompon
  9. tompons
  10. tompot
  11. tompot blennies

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