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Wausau

Wausau proper noun: a city, the county seat of Marathon County, in north-central Wisconsin, United States.

Proper noun

Wausau

  1. A city, the county seat of Marathon County, in north-central Wisconsin, United States.
  2. A town in Marathon County, in north-central Wisconsin.

Origin of Wausau

From Ojibwe [Term?].

Questions about Wausau

What does Wausau mean?
Wausau means a city, the county seat of Marathon County, in north-central Wisconsin, United States.
What part of speech is Wausau?
Wausau is a proper noun.

Words near Wausau in the dictionary

  1. waups
  2. Waura
  3. Waurika
  4. Waurn Ponds
  5. waus
  6. Wausau
  7. Wauseon
  8. Waushara County
  9. Wautoma
  10. wauve
  11. wauves

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