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English word origin

Etymology of Butte

Perhaps a variant spelling of Butt.

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Unnumbered source etymology

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A surname. · A census-designated place in Matanuska-Susitna Borough, Alaska, United States. · A city, the county seat of Silver Bow County, Montana, United States, with which it is a consolidated city-county known as Butte-Silver Bow. · A village, the county seat of Boyd County, Nebraska, United States.

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Perhaps a variant spelling of Butt.

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