Akron
English
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ἄκρον (ákron, “extremity, peak”).
Proper noun
Akron
- A city, the county seat of Summit County, Ohio.
- 2009, Percival Everett, I Am Not Sidney Poitier, Influx Press, page 48:
- Betty graduated from college and married a Morehouse man from Ohio whom I never met. For a couple of years I received the occasional, uninformative postcard from Akron, usually depicting something called the Soap Box Derby.
- A town in Hale County, Alabama.
- A town, the county seat of Washington County, Colorado; named for the city in Ohio.
- A township in Peoria County, Illinois.
- A town in Henry Township, Fulton County, Indiana; named for the city in Ohio.
- A city in Plymouth County, Iowa.
- An unincorporated community in Fairview Township, Cowley County, Kansas.
- A township in Tuscola County, Michigan.
- A village in Akron Township and Fairgrove Township, Tuscola County, Michigan.
- A township in Big Stone County, Minnesota.
- A township in Wilkin County, Minnesota.
- An unincorporated community in Harrison County, Missouri; named for the city in Ohio.
- An unincorporated community in Boone County, Nebraska; named for the city in Ohio.
- A village in Erie County, New York.
- A borough in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.
- An unincorporated community in Tyler County, West Virginia.
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