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Winesburg

Winesburg proper noun: an unincorporated community in southwestern Paint Township, Holmes County, Ohio, United States.

Proper noun

Winesburg

  1. An unincorporated community in southwestern Paint Township, Holmes County, Ohio, United States.
  2. The town, named after the Holmes County town of the same name, but otherwise based on Clyde, Ohio, that serves as the setting of the novel Winesburg, Ohio.

Origin of Winesburg

Originally named Weinsberg in 1829, after the town in Germany. It was renamed to Winesburg by postal authorities in 1833 when a post office was opened there. The fictional town came from the name of the actual Ohio town.

Questions about Winesburg

What does Winesburg mean?
Winesburg means an unincorporated community in southwestern Paint Township, Holmes County, Ohio, United States.
What part of speech is Winesburg?
Winesburg is a proper noun.

Words near Winesburg in the dictionary

  1. wines
  2. wines and dines
  3. wines up
  4. winesap
  5. Winesaps
  6. Winesburg
  7. winese
  8. wineshop
  9. wineshops
  10. wineskin
  11. wineskins

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