Junior

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The town in West Virginia was established on November 13, 1897, and named after Henry G. Davis Jr. (1871–1896), a son of United States Senator from West Virginia Henry G. Davis (1823–1916) who had been drowned at sea off the Atlantic Coast of South Africa while returning home on the steamship Munkesenton.

Junior

1. A town in Barbour County, West Virginia, United States.
2. A male given name, from a nickname for someone with the title Jr. (junior).
   • 2015 September 3, Dawn Gagnon, “Castine suffers water shortage: Town buying from Bucksport”, in Bangor Daily News, state edition, Bangor, Me.: Bangor Publishing Co., →ISSN, →OCLC, page B2, column 2:

     He [Jimmy Goodson] also passed along some water-saving tips to customers from residents Ingrid and Doug Scott. “If it’s yellow, let it mellow; if it’s brown, flush it down. Urine is a sterile liquid and the toilet is not there for the purpose of Fido getting a drink or Junior floating his rubber ducky,” the couple said.

• Junior, West Virginia on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

From English Junior.

Junior

1. a male given name from English

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Junior m (mixed, genitive Juniors, plural Junioren)

1. (name affix or age class in sports or (often jocular) son) junior

• “Junior” in Duden online