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Fairbanks
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fairbanks
English
<dab>
Alternative forms
en Fairbank
Etymology
From en fair bank.
Pronunciation
en /ˈfɛɹbæŋks/
Proper noun
en habitational. An English habitational surname for someone who lived in any of several places named "fair bank" etc.
en 2011-04-09 Marc Lacey w:The New York Times http://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/10/us/10grass.html Spraying to Make Yards Green ... but With Paint, Not Water But Frank Fairbanks, a retired public administrator, had to sheepishly acknowledge that he had grass. “Unfortunately, like many of our central Phoenix neighbors, we have a green lawn which consumes more water than xeriscape,” he told the paper. https://web.archive.org/web/20201112043438/https://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/10/us/10grass.html
A placename
en several places c/USA.
en city s/Alaska.
en twp/and/ucomm therein, in co/Sullivan County s/Indiana.
en twp co/Delta County s/Michigan.
en twp/and/ucomm therein, in co/Saint Louis County s/Minnesota.
Derived terms
en Fairbanks North Star Borough
en Southeast Fairbanks
Translations
city
Arabic: ar فِيرْبَانْكْس m firbanks
Chinese:
Mandarin: cmn 費爾班克斯 Fèi'ěrbānkèsī
Japanese: ja フェアバンクス Feabankusu
Korean: ko ^페어뱅크스
Marathi: mr फेरबँक्स
Russian: ru Фэ́рбанкс m, ru Фэ́рбенкс m Férbɛnks
See also
en Fairbanks (surname)
en Fairbanks, Alaska
Proper noun
en proper noun form
en Fairbank