Waukesha

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US/ˈwɔkɪʃɔ/US, cot caught merger/ˈwɑkɪʃɑ/UK/ˈwɔːkɪʃɔː/

proper noun

A city, the county seat of Waukesha County, Wisconsin, United States.

Less commonScrabble 18

Meanings

proper noun
  1. A city, the county seat of Waukesha County, Wisconsin, United States.

    The city of Waukesha confirmed the names of five victims as Virginia Sorenson, 79; Leanna Owen, 71; Tamara Durand, 52; Jane Kulich, 52; and Wilhelm Hospel, 81.

    2022 October 26, Christina Zdanowicz, Claudia Dominguez, Lauren M. Johnson, Sara Smart, “The Waukesha victims included an 8-year-old boy, a loving grandmother and a woman excited to make her debut in the Dancing Grannies”, in CNN, archived from the original on 04 Dec 2022
  2. A town in Waukesha County, Wisconsin, United States, adjacent to the city of the same name.
  3. abbreviationellipsisEllipsis of Waukesha County.

Origin

See Waukesha's name in Wikipedia.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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