Stephens

//ˈstiːvənz// name

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Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname transferred from the given name.
  2. 2
    A number of places in the United States:; A minor city in Ouachita County, Arkansas.
  3. 3
    A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Oglethorpe County, Georgia.
  4. 4
    A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Elliott County, Kentucky.
  5. 5
    A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Callaway County, Missouri.

Example

More examples

"A new koala hospital will open in Port Stephens, north of Sydney. It will join an already existing hospital in the New South Wales town of Port Macquarie, which began treating injured marsupials in the 1970s."

Etymology

From the given name Stephen + the patronymic suffix -s.

Related phrases

Port StephensStephens County

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