Frankfort

//ˈfɹæŋkfɔːɹt// name

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  1. 1
    A number of places in the United States, including:; A city, the county seat of Clinton County, Indiana.
  2. 2
    A number of places in the United States, including:; The capital city of Kentucky, and the county seat of Franklin County.
  3. 3
    A number of places in the United States, including:; A town in Marathon County, Wisconsin.
  4. 4
    A number of places in the United States, including:; A town in Pepin County, Wisconsin.
  5. 5
    Obsolete form of Frankfurt (“city in Germany”). alt-of, obsolete

    "ABOUT this time, Madame de Seidlits received accounts of the failure of a houſe at Frankfort, in which her huſband had placed moſt part of the money he had left for the uſe of his widow and daughter. In the ſame houſe alſo was the reſidue of the money produced by the ſale of her furniture and other effects, when ſhe left Germany; […]"

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  1. 6
    A barangay of Amai Manabilang, Lanao del Sur, Philippines.

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capital of kentuckyfrankfurt on main

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"ABOUT this time, Madame de Seidlits received accounts of the failure of a houſe at Frankfort, in which her huſband had placed moſt part of the money he had left for the uſe of his widow and daughter. In the ſame houſe alſo was the reſidue of the money produced by the ſale of her furniture and other effects, when ſhe left Germany; […]"

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capital cityclinton countycounty seatfranklin countyunited states of america

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