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Wilshire

Wilshire proper noun: a surname.

Proper noun

Wilshire

  1. A surname.
  2. A neighborhood in Los Angeles, California, United States, located to the west of Downtown.

Origin of Wilshire

Reduced variant of Wiltshire. The Los Angeles neighborhood is named for Wilshire Boulevard.

Questions about Wilshire

What does Wilshire mean?
Wilshire means a surname.
What part of speech is Wilshire?
Wilshire is a proper noun.

Words near Wilshire in the dictionary

  1. Wilseys
  2. Wilsford
  3. Wilsford cum Lake
  4. Wilshamstead
  5. Wilshere
  6. Wilshire
  7. Wilshire Center
  8. wilsome
  9. wilsomely
  10. wilsomeness
  11. Wilson

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