Quarryville

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proper noun

A borough of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, United States.

UncommonScrabble 26

Meanings

proper noun
  1. A borough of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, United States.

    U.S. Rep. Lloyd Smucker gestures to the National Mall while showing a group of Amish men from Quarryville and Paradise the House speaker's balcony at the U.S. Capitol to on Sept. 26, 2018. Smucker is running for re-election to represent the 11th Congressional District.

    2018 October 21, Sam Janesch, “Meet Lloyd Smucker: Amish-born congressman seeking a second term on tax cuts and conservative record”, in Lancaster Online, archived from the original on 04 Sep 2022

Origin

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

From quarry + -ville.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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