Moline
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- proper noun
- /moʊˈliːn/
- Moline, Illinois.
- Moline, Illinois
Examples
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Here's a little boy in Moline, Illinois.
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The historic downtown area of Moline features several museums and theaters.
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And your parents, they are still in Moline?
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The boy and his mother spend the summer in Moline.
Fiction book (1996) -
I grew up in Moline.
Fiction book (2002) -
Their first stop is Moline, Illinois, the mother's hometown.
Fiction book (1996) -
I was born in 1931 and raised on a farm 20 miles from Moline, IL, home of John Deere Mfg Co.
Blog text (34) -
To keep up with demand, executives at HC Duke in East Moline, Ill., recently installed product lifecycle management software to track the design process closely.
Academic text (2006) -
It was an area with a small-town mentality, and no hotel in Moline would house Gates.
Academic text (2014) -
From Buffalo, Kerner moved the team to the Mississippi River, locating in the area of Rock Island and Moline in Illinois and Davenport in Iowa, renaming the team the Tri-Cities Blackhawks after the area's infamous Black Hawk War.
Academic text (2014)
Surface Forms
Etymology
Moline comes from a French word moulin 'mill', so the name originally pointed to a mill by the river. That's why it is easy to remember Moline as a riverside town built around mills and factories, which fits its history of manufacturing and river transport.