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Yazoo City

Yazoo City proper noun: a city, the county seat of Yazoo County, Mississippi, United States.

Proper noun

Yazoo City

  1. A city, the county seat of Yazoo County, Mississippi, United States.
    • “Lord, I had me a good time down in Yazoo City.”2021, Percival Everett, The Trees, Influx Press (2022), page 121

Origin of Yazoo City

Named after the Yazoo River.

Questions about Yazoo City

What does Yazoo City mean?
Yazoo City means a city, the county seat of Yazoo County, Mississippi, United States.
What part of speech is Yazoo City?
Yazoo City is a proper noun.

Words near Yazoo City in the dictionary

  1. Yazidiness
  2. Yazidis
  3. Yazidism
  4. yazidiyat
  5. yazoo
  6. Yazoo City
  7. Yazoo County
  8. yazoos
  9. Yazor
  10. Yazov
  11. Yazu

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