Meanings
proper noun
- One of 58 counties in California, United States. County seat: Merced.
Authorities said the discovery of H5N9 bird flu in poultry came alongside the detection of the more common H5N1 strain on the same farm in Merced county, California, and that almost 119,000 birds on the farm had been killed since early December.
2025 January 27, Edward Helmore, “First outbreak of rare bird flu strain reported at California poultry farm”, in The Guardian, archived from the original on 25 Mar 2025
Origin
Named after the Merced River.
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APA
Merced County. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Merced%20County
MLA
“Merced County.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Merced%20County. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Merced County,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Merced%20County.
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