Elizabethtown

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proper noun

A ghost town and former gold rush town in Plumas County, California.

OriginEnglish town ← Middle English toun ← Old English tūn →
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Meanings

proper noun
  1. The name of various places in the United States of America:
    1. A ghost town and former gold rush town in Plumas County, California.
    2. A village, the county seat of Hardin County, Illinois, United States.
    3. A town in Bartholomew County, Indiana.
    4. A ghost town in Delaware County, Indiana.
    5. A home rule city, the county seat of Hardin County, Kentucky.
    6. A small unincorporated community in Colfax County, New Mexico.
    7. A town and hamlet in Essex County, New York; the hamlet is the county seat.
    8. A hamlet in Herkimer County, New York.
    9. A town, the county seat of Bladen County, North Carolina.
    10. A census-designated place in Hamilton County, Ohio.
    11. An unincorporated community in Guernsey County, Ohio.
    12. A borough of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.
    13. A ghost town in Denton County, Texas.
    14. A former township in Essex County, New Jersey in what is now Elizabeth.

Origin

  1. Proto-Semitic*ʔil-
  2. Biblical Hebrewאֵל (el)
  3. Biblical Hebrewנִשְׁבַּע (nishbá)
  4. Biblical Hebrewאֱלִישֶׁבַע (ʾĕlîšeḇaʿ)
  5. Ancient GreekἘλισάβετ (Elisábet)
  6. Middle EnglishElizabeth
  7. EnglishElizabeth
  8. Proto-Indo-European*dewh₂-
  9. Proto-Indo-European*duh₂-nós?
  10. Proto-Celtic*dūnom
  11. Proto-Germanic*tūną
  12. Proto-West Germanic*tūn
  13. Old Englishtūn
  14. Middle Englishtoun
  15. Englishtown
  16. EnglishElizabethtown

From Elizabeth + town.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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