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belknap

/ˈbɛlnæp/

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What does belknap mean?

proper noun

  1. A surname.
  2. A village in Johnson County, Illinois, United States.
  3. An unincorporated community in Vanderburgh County, Indiana, United States.
More meanings (4)

proper noun

  1. A neighbourhood of Louisville, Kentucky, United States.
  2. A census-designated place in Sanders County, Montana, United States.
  3. A village in Johnston, Rhode Island, United States.
  4. A ghost town in Young County, Texas, United States, which was once the county seat.

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IPA pronunciation

/ˈbɛlnæp/

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A number of times, the mention of their arrival, either at a halting-place, a little village, or a rival buffalo-camp is followed by the laconic remark, "big fight," or "big row"; but once they evidently concluded discretion to be the better part of valor, the entry for January 20th being, "On the road--passed through Belknap--too lively, so kept on to the Brazos--very late."
Theodore RooseveltHunting the Grisly and Other Sketches An Account of the Big Game of the United States and its Chase with Horse, Hound, and RifleProject Gutenberg ebook #3337