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Gettysburg

The English word “Gettysburg” has 2 meanings listed here.

proper noun

  1. An unincorporated community in Preble County, Ohio.
  2. The Battle of Gettysburg, 1863 military engagement in the American Civil War.

Etymology

From Gettys + -burg; named for Samuel Gettys, settler.

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