Hebron
name
Meaning
- A number of places in the United States:
- A town in Tolland County, Connecticut.
- A village and township in McHenry County, Illinois.
- A former settlement in California.
- A town in Boone Township, Porter County, Indiana; named for a local Associate Reformed Presbyterian church, itself named for the city in Palestine.
- A township in Kossuth County, Iowa.
- An unincorporated community in Grand River Township, Adair County, Iowa; named for the city in Palestine.
- A city in the West Bank, Palestine; holy in both Judaism and Islam.
Etymology / origin
Borrowed from Latin Hebrōn, ultimately from Biblical Hebrew חֶבְרוֹן (Ḥeḇrōn), possibly via Ancient Greek Χεβρών (Khebrṓn).
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