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Stanstead

Stanstead proper noun: a village and civil parish of Suffolk, England.

Proper noun

Stanstead

  1. A village and civil parish of Suffolk, England.
  2. A town in Quebec, Canada.

Origin of Stanstead

From Old English stan (“stone”) + stede (“place”), meaning "stony place".

Questions about Stanstead

What does Stanstead mean?
Stanstead means a village and civil parish of Suffolk, England.
What part of speech is Stanstead?
Stanstead is a proper noun.

Words near Stanstead in the dictionary

  1. Stansfelds
  2. Stansfield
  3. stansioside
  4. Stanson
  5. Stansstad
  6. Stanstead
  7. Stansted
  8. Stansted Mountfitchet
  9. stanstickle
  10. stanstickles
  11. Stant

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