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Shaftsbury

Shaftsbury proper noun: a town in Bennington County, Vermont, United States, named after the Earl of Shaftesbury.

shaftsbury: a town in Bennington County, Vermont, United States, named after the Earl of Shaftesbury
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Proper noun

Shaftsbury

  1. A town in Bennington County, Vermont, United States, named after the Earl of Shaftesbury.

Questions about Shaftsbury

What does Shaftsbury mean?
Shaftsbury means a town in Bennington County, Vermont, United States, named after the Earl of Shaftesbury.
What part of speech is Shaftsbury?
Shaftsbury is a proper noun.

Words near Shaftsbury in the dictionary

  1. shaftmounds
  2. Shaftoe
  3. Shaftoes
  4. shaftoside
  5. shafts
  6. Shaftsbury
  7. shaftsman
  8. shaftsmen
  9. shaftway
  10. shaftways
  11. shaftwork

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