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decatur

/dɪˈkeɪtɚ/

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What does decatur mean?

proper noun

  1. A city, the county seat of Morgan County, Alabama.
  2. A city in Benton County, Arkansas.
  3. A city, the county seat of DeKalb County, Georgia.
More meanings (18)

proper noun

  1. A city, the county seat of Macon County, Illinois.
  2. A township in Macon County, Illinois.
  3. A city, the county seat of Adams County, Indiana.
  4. A township in Marion County, Indiana.
  5. A township and village therein, in Van Buren County, Michigan.
  6. A town, the county seat of Newton County, Mississippi.
  7. A ghost town in Cole County, Missouri.
  8. A township and village therein, in Burt County, Nebraska.
  9. A town in Otsego County, New York.
  10. A township in Lawrence County, Ohio.
  11. A township in Washington County, Ohio.
  12. A township in Clearfield County, Pennsylvania.
  13. A township in Mifflin County, Pennsylvania.
  14. A town, the county seat of Meigs County, Tennessee.
  15. A city, the county seat of Wise County, Texas.
  16. An unincorporated community on Decatur Island, San Juan County, Washington.
  17. A town in Green County, Wisconsin.
  18. A surname.

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IPA pronunciation

/dɪˈkeɪtɚ/

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Transported to Decatur, he walked to Nashville, where he found another operator, William Foley, in the like straits, and they went in company to Louisville.
John MunroHeroes of the TelegraphProject Gutenberg ebook #979
The old Independence, and the sloop Decatur, and two steamers were there, and they were experimenting on building a despatch boat, the Saginaw, of California timber.
Richard Henry DanaTwo Years Before the MastProject Gutenberg ebook #2055
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It was while sitting "in his father's quiet shoeshop on Decatur Street"--as a local paper had it--that I overheard a conversation concerning the then cadet from my own district.
Henry Ossian FlipperHenry Ossian Flipper, the Colored Cadet at West Point Autobiography of Lieut. Henry Ossian Flipper, U.S.A., First Graduate of Color from the U.S. Military AcademyProject Gutenberg ebook #2448