Grand Forks

proper noun

A city, the county seat of Grand Forks County, North Dakota.

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Meanings

proper noun
  1. A place in the United States:
    1. A city, the county seat of Grand Forks County, North Dakota.
    2. A former town in Shoshone County, Idaho, destroyed by fire in 1910.
    3. A township in Polk County, Minnesota.
  2. A city in Boundary Country district, West Kootenay, British Columbia, Canada. It is located at the confluence of the Granby and Kettle Rivers.
  3. A ghost town in Yukon, Canada.

Origin

The area of the city in North Dakota was known as "Les Grandes Fourches" (The Grand Forks) by French fur traders, referring to the confluence of the Red River of the North and Red Lake River.

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APA

Grand Forks. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Grand%20Forks

MLA

“Grand Forks.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Grand%20Forks. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Grand Forks,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Grand%20Forks.

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