Pershing

2 definitions found

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  Pershing
       n : United States general who commanded the American forces in
           Europe during World War I (1860-1948) [syn: {John Joseph
           Pershing}, {Black Jack Pershing}]

From U.S. Gazetteer Counties (2000) [gaz-county]:



  Pershing -- U.S. County in Nevada
     Population (2000):    6693
     Housing Units (2000): 2389
     Land area (2000):     6036.557899 sq. miles (15634.612520 sq. km)
     Water area (2000):    30.988890 sq. miles (80.260853 sq. km)
     Total area (2000):    6067.546789 sq. miles (15714.873373 sq. km)
     Located within:       Nevada (NV), FIPS 32
     Location:             40.427863 N, 118.271038 W
     Headwords:
      Pershing
      Pershing, NV
      Pershing County
      Pershing County, NV