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English
Etymology
Borrowed from German Humboldt.
Proper noun
Humboldt
- A surname from German.
- A number of places in the United States:
- A part of Dewey-Humboldt, Yavapai County, Arizona, previously unincorporated.
- A village in Coles County, Illinois.
- A city in Humboldt County, Iowa.
- A small city in Allen County, Kansas.
- A small city in Kittson County, Minnesota.
- A small city in Richardson County, Nebraska.
- A community of Nevada.
- An unincorporated community in Ross County, Ohio.
- A neighbourhood of Portland, Oregon.
- A town in Minnehaha County, South Dakota.
- A city in Gibson County and Madison County, Tennessee.
- A town and unincorporated community in Brown County, Wisconsin.
- A city in Saskatchewan, Canada.
Derived terms
German
Etymology
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Pronunciation
Proper noun
Humboldt m or f (proper noun, surname, masculine genitive Humboldts or (with an article) Humboldt, feminine genitive Humboldt, plural Humboldts)
- a surname