Jacksonville meaning

jăk'sən-vĭl'
A city of northeast Florida near the mouth of the Saint Johns River. It was settled in the late 1700s on the site of a Huguenot colony (1564–1565) that was destroyed by Spanish forces from St. Augustine. Jacksonville is now a major port and commercial center.
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Port in NE Fla., on the St. Johns River.
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Name for a number of cities and towns in the United States, including the largest city in Florida.
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Origin of jacksonville

From Jackson +‎ -ville; most are named for a person with the surname of Jackson, including many named for former United States President Andrew Jackson.

Sentence Examples

  • The average annual fall of snow throughout the state is about 90 in., but at Jacksonville near the S.

  • The city is the seat of the state asylum for feeble-minded children (established at Jacksonville in 1865 and removed to Lincoln in 1878), and of Lincoln College (Presbyterian) founded in 1865.

  • from about the middle of the peninsula, empties into the Atlantic a short distance below Jacksonville, and is navigable for about 250 m.

  • The Southern railway penetrates the state as far as Jacksonville, over the tracks of the Atlantic Coast Line.

  • was organized to develop a waterway from Jacksonville to Biscayne Bay by connecting with canals the St Johns, Matanzas, and Halifax rivers, Mosquito Lagoon, Indian river, Lake Worth, Hillsboro river, New river, and Snake Creek; in 1908 this vast undertaking was completed.

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