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Hattiesburg

American  
[hat-eez-burg] / ˈhæt izˌbɜrg /

noun

  1. a city in SE Mississippi.


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All of which suggests something profound: The answer to America’s core educational challenge is in Hattiesburg, not Harvard.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 21, 2026

She attended Spelman College in Atlanta before eventually heading to Hattiesburg, Miss., for her first on-air post.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 23, 2025

Once our parents divorced, we trekked to his house in Hattiesburg, Mississippi after Christmas each year, so having him with us actually on Christmas is exciting.

From Salon • Dec. 19, 2024

He graduated from the University of Southern Mississippi in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, and went from busking the streets of New Orleans to playing six nights a week at Bourbon Street clubs.

From Washington Times • Sep. 2, 2023

Some, like the Hattiesburg clan, were organized, finding a concentration of homes where they could settle down together and recreate their community from down south.

From "A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919" by Claire Hartfield

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