Taunton

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Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A town and civil parish with a town council in Somerset, England, previously in Somerset West and Taunton district (OS grid ref ST2225). countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    A suburb of Ashton-under-Lyne, Metropolitan Borough of Tameside, Greater Manchester, England (OS grid ref SD9200). countable, uncountable
  3. 3
    A place in the United States:; A city, the county seat of Bristol County, Massachusetts. countable, uncountable
  4. 4
    A place in the United States:; A minor city in Lyon County, Minnesota. countable, uncountable
  5. 5
    A place in the United States:; A hamlet in the town of Onondaga, Onondaga County, New York. countable, uncountable
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  1. 6
    A place in the United States:; A town in Adams County, Washington. countable, uncountable
  2. 7
    A rural locality in Gladstone Region, Queensland, Australia. countable, uncountable
  3. 8
    A locality in Barossa council area, South Australia. countable, uncountable
  4. 9
    A surname. countable, uncountable

Etymology

From Old English Tantūn, from the name of the river Tone.

Related phrases

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