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Concise Dictionary of World Place-Names | 2005 | | Â© Concise Dictionary of World Place-Names 2005, originally published by Oxford University Press 2005. (Hide copyright information) Copyright

Fort Wayne, Indiana/USA Named after a wooden stockade built in 1794 by General Anthony Wayne (1745–96), who defeated the Northwest Confederation of Native American tribes at the Battle of Fallen Timbers in 1794.

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