Jacksonville

[ jak-suhn-vil ]

noun

1. a seaport in NE Florida, on the St. John's River.
2. a city in central Arkansas.
3. a city in W Illinois.
4. a city in SE North Carolina.
5. a town in E Texas.

Jacksonville

/ ˈdʒæksənˌvɪl /

noun

1. a port in NE Florida: the leading commercial centre of the southeast. Pop: 773 781 (2003 est)

Jacksonville

1. Largest city in Florida , located in northeastern Florida.

Notes

Commercial and financial center.

Example Sentences

A pinch hitter named Pickle Smith was announced for Jacksonville.

From The Daily Beast

Michael Dunn, a 45-year-old man, pulled into a Jacksonville gas station in November 2012.

From The Daily Beast

The granddaughter of Syrian immigrants, Corey is a Jacksonville native.

From The Daily Beast

Fernandez was indicted in March 2011, when he was a 12-year-old sixth-grader at Kernan Middle School in Jacksonville.

From The Daily Beast

Did you catch this report from the (Jacksonville) Florida Times-Union the other day?

From The Daily Beast

She's been hired out a spell in Jacksonville,—nuss to a little gal, and now she's gwine home.

From Project Gutenberg

With a part of the dollar given her by "the man from the Norf," she had commissioned Ted to buy her a ring in Jacksonville.

From Project Gutenberg

It needed polishing, and she rubbed it until it looked nearly as well as when Ted brought it to her from Jacksonville.

From Project Gutenberg

The enthusiasm with which they started had all oozed out, and that night they marched back to Jacksonville.

From Project Gutenberg

The first word of his death had come in his own letter, brought across on a filibustering steamer and wired on from Jacksonville.

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