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Cadillac

Cadillac

5 4.4
A name for a town or city in places such as Michigan and France
  • proper noun
  • /ˈkædɪlæk/
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  • My family and I visited Cadillac Mountain in Maine last summer to enjoy the stunning views.
  • Cadillac, Michigan
  • Cadillac Mountain
  • Lake Cadillac

We have half an hour to get to Cadillac Summit, take in the spectacular views and then come back down.

Examples

  • I was born at Semens in the Cadillac district of the canton of Sainte Macaire in the Gironde.

    Fiction book (1997)
  • Cadillac Heights in Michigan has a rich history and a tight-knit community that is very welcoming.

  • Or the Book Cadillac Hotel?

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  • We have half an hour to get to Cadillac Summit, take in the spectacular views and then come back down.

  • You were at the Cadillac Bowling Alley on La Porte Road.

  • Here are some photos taken from the top of Cadillac Mountain in Acadia National Park, the highest point on the Atlantic Coast of the US and the first place touched by the sun each day in our country.

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  • Grants of either up to $1,000 or at least $1,000 to Michigan non-profit organizations that provide innovative programs in the City of Cadillac and its four surrounding townships that address the areas of culture and the arts.

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  • Welcome to the musings and notes of a Cadillac, Michigan-based writer named Micah Holmquist, who is bothered by his own sarcasm.

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  • The quaint town of Cadillac in France has charming streets filled with shops and cafes.

Compounds

A very rich, showy way of living with many expensive things

A situation when you have too many very good choices to pick from

9.9

A negative idea that a person on welfare has an expensive car to suggest they are cheating on benefits

Surface Forms

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Etymology

Cadillac as a place name comes from a village called Cadillac in France, and many towns or sites later took that name either from the village or from the explorer who used it. So places called Cadillac share that French origin.