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Charleston

//ˈtʃɑɹlstən// name, noun, verb

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Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A number of places in the United States:; A city in Arkansas, and one of the two county seats of Franklin County.
  2. 2
    A number of places in the United States:; A city, the county seat of Coles County, Illinois; after Charles Morton, its first postmaster.
  3. 3
    A number of places in the United States:; A town in Maine; after Charles Vaughan, an early settler.
  4. 4
    A number of places in the United States:; A city in Mississippi, and one of the two county seats of Tallahatchie County.
  5. 5
    A number of places in the United States:; A city, the county seat of Mississippi County, Missouri; after either nearby Charles Prairie or the city in South Carolina.
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  1. 6
    A number of places in the United States:; A town in New York; after Charles Van Epps, an early settler.
  2. 7
    A number of places in the United States:; A neighborhood of Staten Island, New York; after Charles Kreischer, son of Balthasar Kreischer, after whom the town was previously named (as Kreischerville).
  3. 8
    A number of places in the United States:; A city, the county seat of Charleston County, South Carolina; after Charles II of England.

    "Dans told CNN he will formally launch his campaign with a prayer breakfast Wednesday in Charleston."

  4. 9
    A number of places in the United States:; A city in Tennessee.
  5. 10
    A number of places in the United States:; A town in Utah; after Charles Shelton, an early settler.
  6. 11
    A number of places in the United States:; A town in Vermont; after a naval battle near the city in South Carolina; the town's early settlers were naval officers.
  7. 12
    A number of places in the United States:; The capital city of West Virginia, United States and the county seat of Kanawha County; perhaps after Charles Clendenin, the father of an early settler.
  8. 13
    A community in Nova Scotia, Canada.
  9. 14
    A village in Angus council area, Scotland; after Charles Henderson, proprietor of the village's land before its formation (OS grid ref NO3845).
  10. 15
    A suburb of Dundee, City of Dundee council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NO3532).
  11. 16
    A town in South Australia.
  12. 17
    A coastal village south of Westport, West Coast, New Zealand.
Noun
  1. 1
    A dance named for the city of Charleston, South Carolina.

    "Dubbed “the Black Venus”, she danced the charleston in nothing but a string of pearls and a skirt made of 16 rubber bananas, performed with a snake wrapped suggestively round her neck, strolled down the Champs-Élysées with her pet cheetah, and became an international superstar. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/nov/28/dancer-singer-spy-frances-pantheon-to-honour-josephine-baker"

  2. 2
    an American ballroom dance in syncopated rhythm; popular early in the 20th century wordnet
Verb
  1. 1
    To dance the Charleston. intransitive

    "The Cambridge professor was charlestoning madly with a well-built woman in a backless evening dress; there were dark patches under his arms where the sweat had soaked through his suit."

  2. 2
    dance the Charleston wordnet

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Charles + -ton. The places are named after various men named "Charles"; see definitions below.

Etymology 2

From Charles + -ton. The places are named after various men named "Charles"; see definitions below.

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