Danville

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proper noun

A city in Estrie, Quebec, Canada.

OriginFrench ville ← Middle French ville ← Old French ville →
Less commonScrabble 12
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Meanings

proper noun
  1. A city in Estrie, Quebec, Canada.
  2. A suburb of Pretoria, South Africa.
  3. A number of places in the United States.
    1. An unincorporated community in Morgan County, Alabama.
    2. A city in Arkansas and one of the two county seats of Yell County.
    3. A town in Contra Costa County, California.

      On March 11, 2021, Deputy Andrew Hall with the Danville Police Department responded to an overpass where Wilson was reportedly throwing rocks onto the interstate, according to a Law Enforcement Involved Fatal Incident report released Friday.

      2022 October 30, Alaa Elassar, Rebekah Riess, Joe Sutton, “Former California police officer involved in the fatal shooting of Tyrell Wilson won’t be charged”, in CNN, archived from the original on 12 Nov 2022
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      In the original series, played at Williamsport, Pa., Taiwan won its seventh world championship in ten years. A team from P'ing-tung, a small village in southern Taiwan, beat the U.S. West champs, the San Ramon Valley Little Leaguers of Danville, Calif., 11-1 in the final game.

      1979, “Baseball”, in The 1979 Compton Yearbook, F. E. Compton, page 43
    4. A town in Twiggs County and Wilkinson County, Georgia.
    5. A city, the county seat of Vermilion County, Illinois.

      The new location of Affirmative Care Solutions in Danville is just about an hour from where it was before.

      2025 January 22, Deidre McPhillips, “An abortion clinic moved to a ‘safe haven’ state. It didn’t get a warm welcome”, in CNN, archived from the original on 29 Jan 2025
    6. A town, the county seat of Hendricks County, Indiana.
    7. A small city in Des Moines County, Iowa.
    8. A tiny city in Harper County, Kansas.
    9. A home rule city, the county seat of Boyle County, Kentucky.
    10. An unincorporated community and census-designated place in Allegany County, Maryland.
    11. An unincorporated community in Prince George's County, Maryland.
    12. A ghost town in Alcorn County, Mississippi.
    13. A census-designated place in Montgomery County, Missouri.
    14. A town in Rockingham County, New Hampshire.
    15. A village in Knox County, Ohio.

      According to court records, the mother’s action led to the arrest of 19-year-old Tycen Proper of Danville on June 10.

      2026 June 17, Katie Millard, “Who is Tycen Proper, the Ohio man accused of plotting an attack at the White House?”, in NBC4i
    16. A borough, the county seat of Montour County, Pennsylvania.
    17. An unincorporated community in Gregg County, Texas.
    18. A town in Caledonia County, Vermont.
    19. An independent city in Virginia.
    20. An unincorporated community and census-designated place in Ferry County, Washington.
    21. A town in Boone County, West Virginia.
    22. An unincorporated community in Dodge County, Wisconsin.

Origin

  1. EnglishDan
  2. Proto-Indo-European*weyḱ-
  3. Proto-Italic*weikslā
  4. Latinvīlla
  5. Old Frenchville
  6. Middle Frenchville
  7. Frenchville
  8. EnglishDanville

Most likely from various people named Dan + -ville.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

Vlieland
Cite this entry
APA

Danville. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Danville

MLA

“Danville.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Danville. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Danville,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Danville.

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