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Nauvoo

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English

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Etymology

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Apparently from Biblical Hebrew נָאווּ (nɔʔwu, were beautiful), taken from Isaiah 52:7.

Proper noun

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Nauvoo

  1. A place in the United States:
    1. A town in Walker County and Winston County, Alabama, named after Nauvoo, Illinois.
    2. A minor city in Hancock County, Illinois, named by Mormon Joseph Smith.
    3. An unincorporated community in Tioga County, Pennsylvania.
    4. An unincorporated community in York County, Pennsylvania.
    5. An unincorporated community in Dyer County, Tennessee.