Nauvoo, Illinois
:There is also a Nauvoo, Alabama.
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Nauvoo (נָאווּ "to be beautiful", Sephardi Hebrew Nåvu, Tiberian Hebrew Nâwû) is a city located in Hancock County, Illinois. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 1,063. The city was founded by Joseph Smith, Jr., also the founder of the Latter Day Saint movement, and named by him from the Sephardi Hebrew language with an anglicized spelling. The word comes from Isaiah 52:7, "How beautiful upon the mountains..."
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Sephardi Hebrew - Tiberian Hebrew - Hancock County, Illinois - 2000 - Joseph Smith, Jr. - Latter Day Saint movement - Anglicized - Isaiah
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