Hagerstown

name

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Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A city, the county seat of Washington County, Maryland; named for founder Jonathan Hager.
  2. 2
    A town in Indiana; named for the city in Maryland.
  3. 3
    A ghost town in Ohio.

Example

More examples

"Over the din of a lunch line of second-graders, Jeffrey Proulx shows off the smorgasbord of locally raised products being served at Ruth Ann Monroe Primary School in Hagerstown, Maryland."

Etymology

From Hager + -s- + town.

Related phrases

united stateswashington countywayne county

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