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Stockport

/ˈstɒkpɔːt/US/ˈstɑkpɔɹt/

Stockport proper noun: a market town and metropolitan borough of Greater Manchester, England (OS grid ref SJ8990).

Proper noun

Stockport (countable and uncountable, plural Stockports)

  1. A market town and metropolitan borough of Greater Manchester, England (OS grid ref SJ8990).
  2. A habitational surname from Old English.
  3. A town in Columbia County, New York.
  4. A village in Morgan County, Ohio.
  5. A town in South Australia.
  6. A city in Van Buren County, Iowa.
  7. An unincorporated community in Delaware County, Indiana.

Forms of Stockport

pluralStockports

Origin of Stockport

From Old English stoc (“house, dwelling; place”) + port (“port; market town”).

Words that rhyme with Stockport

Questions about Stockport

What does Stockport mean?
Stockport means a market town and metropolitan borough of Greater Manchester, England (OS grid ref SJ8990).
What part of speech is Stockport?
Stockport is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce Stockport?
Stockport is pronounced /ˈstɒkpɔːt/ (UK).

Words near Stockport in the dictionary

  1. stockpiler
  2. stockpilers
  3. stockpiles
  4. stockpiling
  5. stockpilings
  6. Stockport
  7. Stockports
  8. stockpot
  9. stockpots
  10. stockproof
  11. stockraiser

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