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Blackstone

/ˈblækstən/

Blackstone proper noun: a surname.

blackstone: a surname
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Proper noun

Blackstone

  1. A surname.
  2. A settlement in Woodmancote parish, Horsham district, West Sussex (OS grid ref TQ2416).
  3. A hamlet in Bewdley parish, Wyre Forest district, Worcestershire (OS grid ref SO7974).
  4. A gritstone escarpment in the Pennine hills on the boundary between Greater Manchester and West Yorkshire, properly Blackstone Edge.
  5. An unincorporated community in Sunbury Township, Livingston County, Illinois.
  6. A town in Worcester County, Massachusetts, named after William Blaxton.
  7. An unincorporated community in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania.
  8. A neighbourhood of Providence, Providence County, Rhode Island.
  9. A town in Nottoway County, Virginia, named after William Blackstone.
  10. A suburb of the City of Ipswich, Queensland, Australia.

Origin of Blackstone

From Old English blac (“black”) + stān (“stone”).

Words formed from Blackstone

Questions about Blackstone

What does Blackstone mean?
Blackstone means a surname.
What part of speech is Blackstone?
Blackstone is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce Blackstone?
Blackstone is pronounced /ˈblækstən/.

Words near Blackstone in the dictionary

  1. blackster
  2. blacksters
  3. Blackstock
  4. Blackstocks
  5. Blackston
  6. Blackstone
  7. Blackstone Heights
  8. Blackstone River
  9. Blackstone's ratio
  10. Blackstonian
  11. Blackstons

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