Dictionary Entries Near franklin
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“Franklin.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/franklin. Accessed 23 Nov. 2024.
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Franklin
geographical name
Frank·lin
ˈfraŋ-klən 
1
city in east central Massachusetts population 31,635
2
town in central Tennessee south of Nashville population 62,487
3
city in southeastern Wisconsin, a south-southwestern suburb of Milwaukee population 35,451
4
former district in the northern part of the Northwest Territories, Canada, including the Arctic islands and Boothia and Melville peninsulas; area now divided between Nunavut and the Northwest Territories
Biographical Definition
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biographical name (1)
Frank·lin
ˈfraŋ-klən
Aretha (Louise) 1942–2018 American singer
Franklin
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Benjamin 1706–1790 American statesman and philosopher
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Sir John 1786–1847 English arctic explorer
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Rosalind Elsie 1920–1958 English biophysicist
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