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Terre Haute (proper noun)
1. City and county seat in western Indiana, on the eastern bank of the Wabash River, northwest of Bloomington and southwest of Indianapolis: Terre Haute was established as Fort Harrison in 1811.
2. Etymology: from French Terre haute; literally, haute "elevated, upper" or "high" and terre "land" ["High Land" or "Upper Land"?].
2. Etymology: from French Terre haute; literally, haute "elevated, upper" or "high" and terre "land" ["High Land" or "Upper Land"?].
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terr-, terra-, -ter
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