Blacksburg

English

Etymology

From Black +‎ -s- +‎ -burg.

Proper noun

Blacksburg

  1. A town in Montgomery County, Virginia.
    • 2022 April 20, Megan Marples, “Taylor Swift inspired an entomologist to name a new millipede species after the megastar”, in CNN‎[1]:
      Lead study author Derek Hennen is a self-proclaimed Swiftie and wanted to honor the singer. He was a doctoral candidate at Virginia Tech in Blacksburg at the time of the research.
  2. A town in Cherokee County, South Carolina.
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