Brownsville

name

name ·2 syllables ·Uncommon ·College level

Meaning at a glance

  • Primary sense: The name of many places in the United States of America:; A former settlement in Calaveras County, California.
  • Grammar: brownsville is listed as name.
  • Nearest alternatives: city name, geographic name, place name, toponym.

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Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    The name of many places in the United States of America:; A former settlement in Calaveras County, California.
  2. 2
    The name of many places in the United States of America:; An unincorporated community in Yuba County, California.
  3. 3
    The name of many places in the United States of America:; A census-designated place in Miami, Florida.
  4. 4
    The name of many places in the United States of America:; An unincorporated community in Escambia County, Florida.
  5. 5
    The name of many places in the United States of America:; A ghost town in Jackson County, Illinois. It was the former county seat.
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  1. 6
    The name of many places in the United States of America:; An unincorporated community in White County, Illinois.
  2. 7
    The name of many places in the United States of America:; An unincorporated community in Union County, Indiana.
  3. 8
    The name of many places in the United States of America:; A small home rule city, the county seat of Edmonson County, Kentucky.
  4. 9
    The name of many places in the United States of America:; An unincorporated community and census-designated place in Ouachita Parish, Louisiana.
  5. 10
    The name of many places in the United States of America:; An unincorporated community and census-designated place in Washington County, Maryland.
  6. 11
    The name of many places in the United States of America:; A small city in Houston County, Minnesota.
  7. 12
    The name of many places in the United States of America:; An unincorporated community in Hinds County, Mississippi.
  8. 13
    The name of many places in the United States of America:; A neighbourhood of Brooklyn, New York.
  9. 14
    The name of many places in the United States of America:; A census-designated place in Licking County, Ohio.
  10. 15
    The name of many places in the United States of America:; A city in Linn County, Oregon.
  11. 16
    The name of many places in the United States of America:; A borough of Fayette County, Pennsylvania.
  12. 17
    The name of many places in the United States of America:; An unincorporated community in Berks County, Pennsylvania.
  13. 18
    The name of many places in the United States of America:; An unincorporated community in Lawrence County, South Dakota.
  14. 19
    The name of many places in the United States of America:; A city, the county seat of Haywood County, Tennessee.
  15. 20
    The name of many places in the United States of America:; A city, the county seat of Cameron County, Texas, named after Fort Brown (the former Fort Texas), which was named after American soldier Jacob Brown.
  16. 21
    The name of many places in the United States of America:; An unincorporated community in Windsor County, Vermont.
  17. 22
    The name of many places in the United States of America:; An unincorporated community in Kitsap County, Washington.
  18. 23
    The name of many places in the United States of America:; An unincorporated community in Lewis County, West Virginia.
  19. 24
    The name of many places in the United States of America:; A village in Dodge County, Wisconsin.
  20. 25
    A former community in Surrey, British Columbia, Canada.
  21. 26
    A community in Oxford County, Ontario, Canada.
  22. 27
    A suburb of Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia.

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Common questions

What does "brownsville" mean?

The name of many places in the United States of America:; A former settlement in Calaveras County, California.

What is a synonym for "brownsville"?

Common synonyms include: city name, geographic name, place name, toponym.

Etymology

From Brown + -s- + -ville.

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