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Blacksburg
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English
Etymology
From en Black -s- -burg.
Proper noun
en town co/Montgomery County s/Virginia.
en Megan Marples Taylor Swift inspired an entomologist to name a new millipede species after the megastar w:CNN https://www.cnn.com/2022/04/20/us/taylor-swift-millipede-new-species-scn/index.html 2022-04-20 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. https://web.archive.org/web/20260425140806/https://www.cnn.com/2022/04/20/us/taylor-swift-millipede-new-species-scn/index.html 25 April 2026
en town co/Cherokee County s/South Carolina.