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Ralston

Ralston proper noun: a suburb of Paisley, Renfrewshire council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NS510246).

Proper noun

Ralston (countable and uncountable, plural Ralstons)

  1. A suburb of Paisley, Renfrewshire council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NS510246).
  2. A city in Carroll County, Iowa, United States.
  3. A city in Douglas County, Nebraska, United States.
  4. A town in Pawnee County, Oklahoma, United States.
  5. A census-designated place in Park County, Wyoming, United States.
  6. A village (called a Crown village) in Cypress County, Alberta, Canada.
  7. (countable) A habitational surname from Old English.

Forms of Ralston

pluralRalstons

Origin of Ralston

From the Old English personal name Rǣdwulf (“Ralph”) + -s- + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

Words formed from Ralston

Questions about Ralston

What does Ralston mean?
Ralston means a suburb of Paisley, Renfrewshire council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NS510246).
What part of speech is Ralston?
Ralston is a proper noun.

Words near Ralston in the dictionary

  1. ralphing
  2. Ralphio
  3. ralphs
  4. Ralphses
  5. RALs
  6. Ralston
  7. Ralstonism
  8. ralstonite
  9. Ralstons
  10. raltegravir
  11. raltitrexed

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