Stockton
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈstɒktən/
ipa: /ˈstɑktən/
Forms: form: Stocktons
Etymology: From Old English stocc (“log; stump, tree trunk”) or stoc (“house, dwelling”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”). By surface analysis, stock + -ton. Doublet of Stoughton.
Senses: glosses: A placename:
A place in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Baldwin County, Alabama.
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A city, the county seat of San Joaquin County, California, named after Robert F. Stockton.
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A neighbourhood of San Diego, California.
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A census-designated place in Lanier County, Georgia.
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A township and village therein, in Jo Daviess County, Illinois.
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A township in Greene County, Indiana.
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An unincorporated community in Jefferson Township, Owen County, Indiana.
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A minor city in Muscatine County, Iowa.
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A city, the county seat of Rooks County, Kansas.
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A census-designated place in Worcester County, Maryland.
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A city, the county seat of Cedar County, Missouri.
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A neighbourhood of Camden, Camden County, New Jersey.
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A borough of Hunterdon County, New Jersey.
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A town and hamlet therein, in Chautauqua County, New York, named after Richard Stockton.
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A town in Tooele County, Utah.
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A town and unincorporated community therein, in Portage County, Wisconsin.
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A place in England:
A small village and civil parish in South Norfolk district, Norfolk (OS grid ref TM3894).
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A small village and civil parish in south-east Shropshire (OS grid ref SO7299).
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A hamlet in Chirbury with Brompton parish, west Shropshire, on the border with Wales (OS grid ref SJ2601).
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A hamlet in Chetwynd Aston and Woodcote parish, Telford and Wrekin district, Shropshire (OS grid ref SJ7716).
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A village and civil parish in Stratford-on-Avon district, Warwickshire (OS grid ref SP4363).
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A village and civil parish south-east of Warminster, Wiltshire (OS grid ref ST9838).
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Clipping of Stockton-on-Tees.
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A northern suburb of Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia.
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A rural locality in Cassowary Coast Region, Queensland, Australia.
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A locality in the West Coast region, New Zealand.
glosses: A habitational surname from Old English.
glosses: A male given name from Old English.
Derived terms: Fort Stockton
Stockton Brook
Stockton Heath
Stocktonian
Stockton-on-Tees
Stockton on the Forest