Fullerton
name ·3 syllables ·Uncommon ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 A small village in Wherwell parish, Test Valley district, Hampshire, England (OS grid ref SU3739). countable, uncountable
- 2 A place in the United States:; A city in Orange County, California. countable, uncountable
"On July 3, 2016, at 10:35pm, Sergeant Cleveland and Officer Henderson (“the Officers”) were on patrol near Fullerton, California looking for illegal street racing and “sideshows,” events where streets are blocked off for drivers to perform unlawful maneuvers like burnouts and donuts."
- 3 A place in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Vernon Parish, Louisiana. countable, uncountable
- 4 A place in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Baltimore County, Maryland. countable, uncountable
- 5 A place in the United States:; A city, the county seat of Nance County, Nebraska. countable, uncountable
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- 6 A place in the United States:; A township in Nance County, Nebraska. countable, uncountable
- 7 A place in the United States:; A minor city in Dickey County, North Dakota. countable, uncountable
- 8 A place in the United States:; A census-designated place in Whitehall Township, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania. countable, uncountable
- 9 A locality in Upper Lachlan Shire, New South Wales, Australia. countable, uncountable
- 10 A habitational surname from Old English. countable, uncountable
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More examples"On July 3, 2016, at 10:35pm, Sergeant Cleveland and Officer Henderson (“the Officers”) were on patrol near Fullerton, California looking for illegal street racing and “sideshows,” events where streets are blocked off for drivers to perform unlawful maneuvers like burnouts and donuts."
Etymology
From Old English fuglere (“fowler, birdcatcher”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).
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