English Explanatory Dictionary

Fort Wright

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A city in Kenton County, Kentucky, United States.

Word forms

Fort Wright

Etymology

The area that is now Fort Wright was the site of one of the American Civil War fortifications built for the defense of Cincinnati. The city, incorporated in 1941, was named for Major General Horatio Gouverneur Wright, a Union Army engineer.

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