- a variation of Jolliet.
Joliet
Americannoun
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Louis 1645–1700, French explorer of the Mississippi, born in Canada.
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a city in NE Illinois.
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In my five years as bishop of Joliet, our diocese went through a restructuring that required parish mergers and hard decisions.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 26, 2026
Hicks will now leave his position as bishop of Joliet for the ornate sanctuary at St Patrick's Cathedral in Manhattan, where he will lead 2.5 million Catholics in the nation's largest city.
From BBC ● Dec. 18, 2025
Hicks who, like Leo, is from the Chicago suburbs, has served as the bishop of Joliet, Ill., since 2020.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 18, 2025
The FBI’s fugitive task force had been assisting local police in the search for the suspect, Joliet Police Chief William Evans said.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 23, 2024
I mean, it could have been a certain cloud above our house with some weird mix of pollution and chemicals in it from some power plant in Joliet.
From "Things Not Seen" by Andrew Clements
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