Titusville

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proper noun

A neighbourhood of Birmingham, Alabama.

OriginFrench ville ← Middle French ville ← Old French ville →
Less commonScrabble 13
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Meanings

proper noun
  1. A place in the United States:
    1. A neighbourhood of Birmingham, Alabama.
    2. A city, the county seat of Brevard County, Florida, named after Henry T. Titus.

      Rockledge's Shanikqua Smith goes for a layup during Tuesday's game against Titusville.

      2014 November 19, “Gallery: Titusville vs. Rockledge girls basketball”, in Florida Today, archived from the original on 19 Dec 2025
    3. A census-designated place in Hopewell Township, Mercer County, New Jersey.
    4. A city in Crawford County, Pennsylvania, named after Jonathan Titus.
  2. A community in Kings County, New Brunswick, Canada, settled by the Titus family.

Origin

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

From Titus + -ville.

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Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

“Titusville.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Titusville. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Titusville,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Titusville.

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