Cincinnati

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English

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Etymology

Named after the Society of the Cincinnati, which is named after Lucius Quinctius Cincinnatus; see Latin Cincinnāti and Cincinnātus.

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Cincinnati

  1. The third largest city in Ohio, United States and the county seat of Hamilton County.
  2. A city in Appanoose County, Iowa.
  3. An unincorporated community in Washington County, Arkansas.
  4. An unincorporated community in Center Township, Greene County, Indiana.
  5. An unincorporated community in Washington Township, Parke County, Indiana.
  6. An unincorporated community in Ralls County, Missouri.
  7. (historical) An unincorporated community in Polk County, Oregon; modern Eola.
  8. (historical) A settlement in El Dorado County, California.
  9. Any of five ships of the United States Navy.

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Noun

Cincinnati (plural Cincinnatis)

  1. (bowling) A 7–9 or 8–10 split (result of a first throw).

References

  • Machlin, Evangeline (2006 February 28) Dialects for the Stage, New York City: Routledge, →ISBN, page 25
  • Webster, Noah, Walker, John, Allen Goodrich, Chauncey (1852) “A Geographical Vocabulary”, in A dictionary of the English language; exhibiting the origin, orthography, pronunciation, & definitions of words; to which are added, a synopsis of words differently pronounced by different orthoëpists, and Walker's key to the classical pronunciation of Greek, Latin, and Scripture proper names; with the addition of a vocabulary of modern geographical names, with their pronunciation, London, page 97

Latin

Adjective

Cincinnātī

  1. genitive masculine singular of Cincinnātus

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Cincinnati f

  1. Cincinnati (a city in Ohio, United States)