Copperopolis

//ˌkɒpəˈɹɒpɒlɪs// name

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Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    The formal name or nickname of many settlements established around, or dominated by, a copper-mining industry.
  2. 2
    The formal name or nickname of many settlements established around, or dominated by, a copper-mining industry.; A census-designated place in Calaveras County, California, United States.

Etymology

From copper + -o- + -polis (“city”).

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