auburn
1 Americannoun
adjective
noun
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a city in central New York: state prison.
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a city in E Alabama.
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a city in W central Washington.
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a city in SW Maine, on the Androscoggin River.
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a city in central Massachusetts.
noun
Etymology
Origin of auburn
1400–50; late Middle English abo ( u ) rne blond < Middle French, Old French auborne, alborne < Latin alburnus whitish. See alburnum
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