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Janesville
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English
Etymology
From en Jane -s- -ville or en Janes -ville.
Pronunciation
en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-Janesville.wav US
Proper noun
en census-designated place co/Lassen County s/California c/USA.
en small city co/Black Hawk County and co/Bremer County s/Iowa c/USA, named after Jane McPherson Barrick.
en city/and/township co/Waseca County s/Minnesota c/USA.
en city/county seat co/Rock County s/Wisconsin c/USA, named after Henry F. Janes.
en Jennifer Senior In ‘Janesville,’ When the G.M. Plant Closed, Havoc Followed w:The New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/19/books/review-janesville-amy-goldstein.html 19-04-2017 Whether the closure of this fabled 4.8-million-square-foot facility does or does not destroy Janesville is for the reader to decide. https://web.archive.org/web/20251029124636/https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/19/books/review-janesville-amy-goldstein.html 29 October 2025
en town co/Rock County s/Wisconsin c/USA, adjacent to the city of the same name.