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10/16/2024, 2:19 AM fisher_king_22

Name Dekalb
Type Settlement
Usage English (American)
Pronounced Pron. /dɪ.ˈkælb/(American English)
Edit Status Statusnot set

Meaning & History

Transferred use of the surname De Kalb. The city in Illinois was named for Johann von Robais, Baron de Kalb, a French-Franconian major-general who fought for the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War.
Added 10/16/2024 by fisher_king_22