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abilene
/ˈæbɪˌlin/
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What does abilene mean?
adjective
- Belonging to a prehistoric culture of central Texas, characterized by oval grinding stones.
proper noun
- A city, the county seat of Taylor County, in west-central Texas, west-southwest of Fort Worth; founded in 1881 with the coming of the railroad, the city first prospered as a shipping center for cattle.
- A city, the county seat of Dickinson County, Kansas.
More meanings (5)
proper noun
- An unincorporated community in Charlotte County, Virginia.
- A locality in the County of St. Paul, No. 19, Alberta, Canada.
- (historical) A region of Syria north of Damascena.
adjective
- (historical) Of or relating to Abila
noun
- (historical) A native or inhabitant of Abila
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IPA pronunciation
/ˈæbɪˌlin/
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The citizens of Abilene were used to seeing bulls driven through town and they could go out any day and see bulls with cows on the prairie.