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Fort Worth

Fort Worth

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A city in northeast Texas west of Dallas with many businesses and museums
  • proper noun
  • /fɔrt wɜrθ/
: Fort Worth
  • Next, from our sister station in Fort Worth, Texas, this is a feel-good story that we wanted to share with you.
  • Dallas-Fort Worth
  • Fort Worth, Texas
  • Fort Worth Star-Telegram

No, we'd actually, we've been in production for nearly six weeks and we're right there, right outside of Fort Worth in a place called Silverado.

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Examples

  • Become a member of the Fort Worth Museum of Science and History

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  • He's supposed to be one of the best in Fort Worth.

  • We made plans to drive down from Fort Worth together and stay at her friend's house.

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  • The main branch is in Fort Worth.

  • There are vintage aircraft events as part of the Fort Worth Photo Fest.

  • Check out the great article from the Fort Worth Star-Telegram by Bob Ray Sanders!

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  • The Fort Worth CHD is responsible for developing and maintaining a safe consumer environment.

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  • The Episcopal Diocese of Fort Worth, as recognized by General Convention, is alive and well!

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  • Hagman was born in Fort Worth, Texas, on the cusp of the Great Depression.

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  • The Amon Carter Museum of American Art is located in Fort Worth, Texas, and showcases American art from the 19th and 20th centuries.

Surface Forms

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Morphology

Fort + Worth

Fort Worth is a proper name (toponym) whose referent—a city—is not compositionally derived from the ordinary meanings of 'fort' (a fortress) and 'worth' (value). A B1 learner who knows the constituent words would not be able to infer that this is the name of a city, so the expression is unpredictable and language-specific.

Etymology

Fort Worth comes from a small army Fort that was set up and named for General William J. Worth. When a town grew around that Fort, the name stuck, so the city is still called Fort Worth today.