South Bend
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- proper noun
- /saʊθ bɛnd/
- Elise King grew up in South Bend, Indiana, and now resides in a shared apartment in Manhattan.
- South Bend, Indiana
- South Bend Tribune
- South Bend Mayor
Examples
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IU South Bend is the third largest campus of Indiana University, with more than 8,000 students.
Blog text (10) -
Marea had spent the last fifteen years in South Bend, Indiana, finishing two degrees and working as the resident director of a women's dormitory at Notre Dame.
Fiction book (1996) -
I have spent a lot of time over the past six to eight years in South Bend, IN.
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Do you have some friends in South Bend?
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I'm going to South Bend.
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Here I am right now, currently sitting in a motel in South Bend, IN.
Blog text (8) -
But, uh, we had two premieres, one in South Bend and one in Los Angeles.
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Next weekend, North Dakota travels to South Bend, Indiana, to play.
Blog text (31) -
The South Bend Tribune reports that Tom Snyder retired as president of Ivy Tech Community College in June 2016.
Academic text (2017) -
Thousands of mourners lined the streets of South Bend to witness the funeral procession.
Surface Forms
Morphology
South + Bend
The form combines a direction and a geographic noun, so a learner who knows 'south' and 'bend' can plausibly infer it names a place (literally something like a 'southern bend' or a bend to the south). However, the precise referent — the specific city in Indiana and its association with the University of Notre Dame — cannot be deduced from the parts alone, so full meaning requires prior exposure.
Etymology
South Bend comes from a bend in the St. Joseph River. The town sits at that south bend, so the name simply tells you where it is.