English Explanatory Dictionary

Joliet

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A place in the United States:
  2. A city, the county seat of Will County, also in Kendall County, Illinois.
  3. A township in Will County, Illinois.
  4. A town in Carbon County, Montana.
  5. A township in Platte County, Nebraska.
  6. An unincorporated community in Caldwell County, Texas.
  7. A file system specification that extends ISO 9660 to relax restrictions on filenames.

Pronunciation

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Sapaa-Joliet.wav

Word forms

Joliet

Etymology

The city in Illinois was probably named after 17th-century explorer Louis Jolliet.

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