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Definition of Frankfort

1. Noun. The capital of Kentucky; located in northern Kentucky.

2. Noun. A German city; an industrial and commercial and financial center.

Definition of Frankfort

1. Proper noun. The capital of the state of Kentucky ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Frankfort

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Medical Definition of Frankfort

1. More specifically see: Frankfort horizontal plane, Frankfort-mandibular incisor angle. Origin: Frankfurt-am-Main, Germany (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Frankfort

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Literary usage of Frankfort

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Northern Germany, as Far as the Bavarian and Austrian Frontiers: Handbook by Karl Baedeker (Firm) (1893)
"Frankfort on the Oder, the capital of the district of that name, with 55700 inhab., was founded by the Wends, received town- rights in 1'253, ..."

2. Report by United States Board on Geographic Names, United States Geographic Board (1916)
"Frankfort; Village, Somerset County, NJ (Not Flagtown.) Frankfort; see Frankfort on the ... Frankfurt; see Frankfort on the Main ; Frankfort on the Oder. ..."

3. The New Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge: Embracing by Johann Jakob Herzog, Philip Schaff, Albert Hauck (1909)
"Frankfort RECESS (or AGREEMENT; called also Frankfort Book, Formula pacis ... When Ferdinand I. was proclaimed emperor in Frankfort in Mar., 1558, ..."

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