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Anniston

UK/ˈænɪstən/

Anniston proper noun: a city, the county seat of Calhoun County, Alabama.

Proper noun

Anniston

  1. A city, the county seat of Calhoun County, Alabama.
  2. A city in Mississippi County, Missouri.
  3. (rare) A female given name transferred from the place name, of modern usage.

Origin of Anniston

The city in Alabama, originally Woodstock, was renamed by town officials in 1873 (after realizing there was another village named Woodstock in central Alabama) in honor of Annie Eliza Scott Tyler (1838–1914), daughter-in-law of Daniel Tyler, one of the two organizers of the Woodstock Iron Company, which started the then planned community. Equivalent to Annie + -s- + -ton (“Annie’s town”). The name of the city in Missouri was changed in 1894—a transfer from the city in Alabama.

Questions about Anniston

What does Anniston mean?
Anniston means a city, the county seat of Calhoun County, Alabama.
What part of speech is Anniston?
Anniston is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce Anniston?
Anniston is pronounced /ˈænɪstən/ (UK).

Words near Anniston in the dictionary

  1. Annis
  2. annis Domini
  3. anniseed
  4. annish
  5. annishes
  6. Anniston
  7. annite
  8. annites
  9. Annitsford
  10. anniv
  11. anniv.

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