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English
Etymology
After Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette
Proper noun
Fayette
- (US) A male given name transferred from the surname or place name.
- A surname from French.
- A number of places in the United States:
- A city, the county seat of Fayette County, Alabama.
- An unincorporated community in Perry Township, Boone County, Indiana.
- A small city in Fayette County, Iowa.
- A town in Kennebec County, Maine.
- An unincorporated community in Delta County, Michigan.
- A small city, the county seat of Jefferson County, Mississippi.
- A small city, the county seat of Howard County, Missouri.
- A town in Seneca County, New York.
- A village in Fulton County, Ohio.
- A small town in Sanpete County, Utah.
- An unincorporated community in Fayette County, West Virginia.
- A town and unincorporated community in Lafayette County, Wisconsin.
- A number of townships in the United States, listed under Fayette Township.
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