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Yerkes

Yerkes proper noun: a surname.

Proper noun

Yerkes

  1. A surname.
  2. An unincorporated community and coal town in Perry County, Kentucky, United States.
  3. An unincorporated community in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, United States.

Words formed from Yerkes

Questions about Yerkes

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

Words near Yerkes in the dictionary

  1. yeridot
  2. Yering
  3. Yerington
  4. yerk
  5. yerked
  6. Yerkes
  7. Yerkes-Dodson law
  8. yerking
  9. Yerkish
  10. yerks
  11. yermic

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