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flagstaff

Syllables: flag·staffUK/ˈflæɡstɑːf//ˈflæɡstæf/

flagstaff noun: a pole on which a flag is raised.

Noun

flagstaff (plural flagstaffs or flagstaves)

  1. A pole on which a flag is raised.
    • Snowball had found in the harness-room an old green tablecloth of Mrs. Jones's and had painted on it a hoof and a horn in white. This was run up the flagstaff in the farmhouse garden every Sunday morning.1945, George Orwell, chapter 3, in Animal Farm
    • The abolition of the death penalty has been the flagstaff of the permissive society. We know what that has meant for the people of this country. Local newspapers are full of articles about robbery, murder, rape and, literally, pillage.1988, Rhodes Boyson, Hansard, 7 June, 1988, Criminal Justice Bill, https://web.archive.org/web/20190212095659/https://www.hansard-corpus.org/
    Synonyms:
    flagpole

Proper noun capitalized: Flagstaff

Flagstaff

  1. A city, the county seat of Coconino County, Arizona, United States.
    • The renaissance of downtown Flagstaff brought new life to its old brick buildings in the form of hip new places to eat, drink and sleep.2024 June 25, Joe Yogerst, “Grand Canyon pit stop is now a bona fide hot spot”, in CNN, archived from the original on 08 Aug 2024
  2. A town in Victoria, Australia.

flagstaff meaning in Telugu, Kannada, Punjabi and Odia

flagstaff in Telugu

a flagstaff
ధ్వజము dhvajamu

flagstaff in Kannada

ಧ್ವಜಸ್ತಂಭ, ಧ್ವಜದ ಕಂಬ, ಬಾವುಟದ ಕಂಬ

flagstaff in Punjabi

flagstaff
ਝੰਡੀ jhaṇḍī

flagstaff in Odia

flagstaff
ଝଣ୍ଡା jhaṇḍā, ଧ୍ୱଜ dhwaja
More languagesFewer languages
flagstaff in Sanskrit
यष्टि yaṣṭí

Synonyms of flagstaff

Forms of flagstaff

pluralflagstaffs
pluralflagstaves
alternative formflag-staff
alternative formflag staff

Origin of flagstaff

From flag + staff.

From flag + staff, see flagstaff.

Words formed from flagstaff

Questions about flagstaff

What does flagstaff mean?
Flagstaff means a pole on which a flag is raised.
What is flagstaff in Telugu?
Flagstaff in Telugu is ధ్వజము (dhvajamu). See Flagstaff meaning in Telugu.
What part of speech is flagstaff?
Flagstaff can be a noun or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce flagstaff?
Flagstaff is pronounced /ˈflæɡstæf/ (US).
What is the plural of flagstaff?
The plural of flagstaff is flagstaffs.

Words near flagstaff in the dictionary

  1. flagship species
  2. flagshipped
  3. flagshipping
  4. flagships
  5. Flagstad
  6. flagstaff
  7. Flagstaff County
  8. Flagstaff Gully
  9. flagstaffite
  10. flagstaffs
  11. flagstand

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: flagstaff (page history and authors); Flagstaff (page history and authors); ధ్వజము (Telugu) (page history and authors); flagstaff (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ਝੰਡੀ (Punjabi) (page history and authors); ଝଣ୍ଡା (Odia) (page history and authors); यष्टि (Sanskrit) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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