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Winnetka

Winnetka proper noun: a village in Cook County, Illinois, United States.

Proper noun

Winnetka

  1. A village in Cook County, Illinois, United States.
    • The misery of the drive to Miles’s Winnetka house was surpassed only by the misery of being there: eating sandwiches on his brother’s deck overlooking Lake Michigan, leaves sashaying from the trees and settling on the water like yellow lily pads.2022, Jennifer Egan, The Candy House, Corsair, page 37
  2. A neighborhood of the San Fernando Valley, Los Angeles, California, United States.

Words formed from Winnetka

Questions about Winnetka

What does Winnetka mean?
Winnetka means a village in Cook County, Illinois, United States.
What part of speech is Winnetka?
Winnetka is a proper noun.

Words near Winnetka in the dictionary

  1. Winneshiek
  2. Winneshiek County
  3. winnest
  4. winnet
  5. winneth
  6. Winnetka
  7. Winnetkan
  8. Winnetkans
  9. winnets
  10. Winnett
  11. Winnetts

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