Joliet or Jolliet may refer to:
People
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Louis Jolliet
Louis Jolliet (September 21, 1645after May 1700) was a French-Canadian explorer known for his discoveries in North America. In 1673, Jolliet and Jacques Marquette, a Jesuit Catholic priest and missionary, were the first non-Natives to explore and ...
(1645–1700), French-Canadian explorer of North America
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Oscar Joliet
Oscar Joliet (13 September 1878 - 3 February 1969) was a scholar-priest who served between 1948 and 1969 as the Auxiliary bishop of Ghent.
Life
Oscar Jozef Joliet was born in Ghent, third recorded son of the baker, Augustus Joliet (1838-1914) a ...
(1878–1969), Belgian scholar-priest and Catholic Auxiliary bishop of Ghent
Places in the United States
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Joliet, Illinois
Joliet ( ) is a city in Will County, Illinois, Will and Kendall County, Illinois, Kendall counties in the U.S. state of Illinois, southwest of Chicago. It is the county seat of Will County. At the 2020 United States Census, 2020 census, the cit ...
, a city named after Louis Jolliet, seat of Will County
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Joliet Correctional Center
Joliet Correctional Center (originally known as Illinois State Penitentiary, colloquially as Joliet Prison, Joliet Penitentiary, the Old Joliet Prison, and the Collins Street Prison) was a prison in Joliet, Illinois, United States, from 1858 to ...
, a prison in the city
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Joliet Township, Will County, Illinois
Joliet Township is located in Will County, Illinois. As of the 2010 census, its population was 87,398 and it contained 32,617 housing units.
Geography
According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of , of which (or 97.67%) is lan ...
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Joliet, Montana
Joliet is a town in Carbon County, Montana, United States. It is part of the Billings, Montana Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 577 at the 2020 census.
History
The construction of the Rocky Fork & Cooke City Railway in 1892 mad ...
, a town
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Joliet Township, Platte County, Nebraska
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Joliet, Texas, an unincorporated community
Schools
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Joliet Junior College
Joliet Junior College (JJC) is a public community college in Joliet, Illinois. Founded in 1901, it was the first public community college founded in the United States.
In Spring 2014, the college enrolled 16,375 students. Every year, 48,000 stu ...
, Joliet, Illinois, a public community college
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Joliet Central High School
Joliet Central High School is a public secondary school located in Joliet, Illinois. Central is part of Joliet Township High Schools, along with Joliet West and Joliet East (now defunct). Before the opening of Joliet East and West, the school wa ...
, Joliet, Illinois
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Joliet Catholic Academy
Joliet Catholic Academy (Joliet Catholic or JCA) is a coed Catholic high school in Joliet, Illinois. It is located in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Joliet. One of the oldest Catholic high schools in the Chicago area, Joliet Catholic is perhaps bes ...
, a coed Catholic high school in Joliet, Illinois
Other uses
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Joliet Chargers
The Joliet Chargers was the final nickname of the professional American football franchise based in Joliet, Illinois from 1964 to 1967. The Joliet Explorers played the 1964 season as members of the United Football League. In 1965, Joliet became ch ...
, a former football franchise based in Joliet, Illinois
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Joliet Slammers
The Joliet Slammers are a professional baseball team based in Joliet, Illinois, that play in the independent Frontier League. They play their home games at Duly Health and Care Field. They replaced the Joliet JackHammers of the Northern League ...
, a baseball team in based Joliet, Illinois
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Joliet Army Ammunition Plant
Joliet Army Ammunition Plant (JOAAP, formerly known as the Joliet Arsenal) was a United States Army arsenal located in Will County, Illinois, near Elwood, Illinois, south of Joliet, Illinois. Opened in 1940 during World War II, the facility consis ...
, Will County, Illinois, a former United States Army arsenal
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Joliet Bridge
The Joliet Bridge, in Carbon County, Montana, near Joliet, is a Pratt through truss bridge built in 1901. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986.
It is a multiple-span road bridge. The main span is a pin-connected steel ...
, near Joliet, Montana, on the National Register of Historic Places
* "Joliet", a song by Andy Prieboy from the album ''
...Upon My Wicked Son''
* "Joliet" Jake Blues (John Belushi), member of
the Blues Brothers
The Blues Brothers are an American blues and soul revivalist band founded in 1978 by comedians Dan Aykroyd and John Belushi as part of a musical sketch on ''Saturday Night Live''. Belushi and Aykroyd fronted the band, in character, respecti ...
band
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Joliet (file system)
ISO 9660 (also known as ECMA-119) is a file system for optical disc media. Being sold by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) the file system is considered an international technical standard. Since the specification is av ...
, an extension to the ISO 9660 specification, written by Microsoft
See also
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Juliet (disambiguation)
Juliet is a character in Shakespeare's play ''Romeo and Juliet''.
Juliet may also refer to:
Songs
* "Juliet" (Lawson song), 2013
* "Juliet" (The Four Pennies song), 1964
* "Juliet" (Modern Talking song)
* "Juliet" (The Oak Ridge Boys song)
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Juliette (disambiguation) Juliette is a feminine given name. It may also refer to:
* ''Juliette'' (novel), also known as ''L'Histoire de Juliette'', novel written by the Marquis de Sade
* ''Juliette'' (TV series), a long-running Canadian musical-variety TV series
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Joliette (disambiguation)
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