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princeton

/ˈpɹɪnstən/

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What does princeton mean?

proper noun

  1. A town in southern British Columbia.
  2. A settlement in Newfoundland, Newfoundland and Labrador.
  3. A community in Blandford-Blenheim township, Oxford County, Ontario.
More meanings (29)

proper noun

  1. An unincorporated community in Jackson County, Alabama.
  2. A census-designated place in Dallas County, Arkansas.
  3. A census-designated place in Colusa County, California.
  4. A census-designated place in Miami-Dade County, Florida.
  5. A census-designated place in Latah County, Idaho.
  6. A city, the county seat of Bureau County, Illinois.
  7. A township in Bureau County, Illinois.
  8. A city, the county seat of Gibson County, Indiana.
  9. A township in White County, Indiana.
  10. A minor city and township in Scott County, Iowa.
  11. A minor city in Franklin County, Kansas.
  12. A city, the county seat of Caldwell County, Kentucky.
  13. An unincorporated community in Bossier Parish, Louisiana.
  14. A town in Washington County, Maine.
  15. A town in Worcester County, Massachusetts.
  16. A city in Mille Lacs County and Sherburne County, Minnesota.
  17. A township in Mille Lacs County, Minnesota.
  18. A city, the county seat of Mercer County, Missouri.
  19. An unincorporated community in Granite County, Montana.
  20. An unincorporated community in Lancaster County, Nebraska.
  21. A borough in Mercer County, New Jersey.
  22. Ellipsis of Princeton University, in the New Jersey borough.
  23. A town in Johnston County, North Carolina.
  24. A census-designated place in Laurens County, South Carolina.
  25. A city in Collin County, Texas.
  26. A ghost town in Newton County, Texas.
  27. A city, the county seat of Mercer County, West Virginia.
  28. A town and city therein, in Green Lake County, Wisconsin.
  29. A male given name.
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IPA pronunciation

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Our two Princeton men had a beautiful time--at least they politely said they had, and they've invited us to their dance next spring.
Jean WebsterDaddy-Long-LegsProject Gutenberg ebook #157
Up at the great pillared house they lingered long over the Princeton letter,—the Judge and his frail wife, his sister and growing daughters.
W. E. B. (William Edward Burghardt) Du BoisThe Souls of Black FolkProject Gutenberg ebook #408
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Here he was met on the pier by an old fellow student of Princeton University, and the two old college friends had a grand reunion.
Mary Esther Miller MacGregorThe Black-Bearded Barbarian : The Life of George Leslie Mackay of FormosaProject Gutenberg ebook #1759
A wealthy man with ranch experience, he collected one of the finest libraries of Western books ever assembled by any individual and presented it to Princeton University.
J. Frank (James Frank) DobieGuide to Life and Literature of the Southwest, with a Few ObservationsProject Gutenberg ebook #314
He also wrote an essay "on the influence of religion in civil society", which, from Princeton college, where he was educated, obtained for him the degree of Doctor of Divinity.
William Dobein JamesA Sketch of the Life of Brig. Gen. Francis Marion and a History of His BrigadeProject Gutenberg ebook #923