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Noun: Marquette  maa(r)'ket
  1. A town on Lake Superior on the Upper Peninsula in northwest Michigan
     
  2. French missionary who accompanied Louis Joliet in exploring the upper Mississippi River valley (1637-1675)
    - Jacques Marquette, Pere Jacques Marquette

Type of: missionary, missioner, town

Part of: Great Lakes State, MI, Mich., Michigan, Wolverine State

Encyclopedia: Marquette, Michigan

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