Meanings
proper noun
- A city, the county seat of Forrest County, Mississippi, United States. A small portion of the city is in Lamar County.
“First you go to Hattiesburg,” Kinney said. “That should be fairly easy. It’s written big on the map.”
2021, Percival Everett, The Trees, Influx Press (2022), page 130
Origin
From Hattie (“female name”) + -burg.
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APA
Hattiesburg. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Hattiesburg
MLA
“Hattiesburg.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Hattiesburg. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Hattiesburg,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Hattiesburg.
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