Associations to the word «Joliet»

Wiktionary

JOLIET, proper noun. A city in Illinois, United States.
JOLIET, proper noun. A town in Carbon County, Montana, United States.
JOLIET, proper noun. (computing) A file system specification that extends ISO 9660 to relax restrictions on filenames.

Dictionary definition

JOLIET, noun. French explorer (with Jacques Marquette) of the upper Mississippi River valley (1645-1700).

Wise words

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Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.