Taunton
Taunton proper noun: a town and civil parish with a town council in Somerset, England, previously in Somerset West and Taunton district (OS grid ref ST2225).
Proper noun
Taunton (countable and uncountable, plural Tauntons)
- A town and civil parish with a town council in Somerset, England, previously in Somerset West and Taunton district (OS grid ref ST2225).
- A suburb of Ashton-under-Lyne, Metropolitan Borough of Tameside, Greater Manchester, England (OS grid ref SD9200).
- A city, the county seat of Bristol County, Massachusetts.
- Last week Taunton resident Zandra Dumas and her husband walked out to their Jeep they had parked in a downtown Taunton parking lot to find a fun little surprise — a little rubber duck with a Jeep grill drawn in permanent marker on the front in the driver's seat.2020 July 29, Susannah Sudborough, “It may sound quacky, but Jeep ducking is a real thing and it's right here in Taunton”, in Taunton Daily Gazette, Taunton, Massachusetts, archived from the original...
- A minor city in Lyon County, Minnesota.
- A hamlet in the town of Onondaga, Onondaga County, New York.
- A town in Adams County, Washington.
- A rural locality in Gladstone Region, Queensland, Australia.
- A locality in Barossa council area, South Australia.
- A surname.
Forms of Taunton
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Origin of Taunton
From Old English Tantūn, from the name of the river Tone.
Words formed from Taunton
Phrases with Taunton
Questions about Taunton
- What does Taunton mean?
- Taunton means a town and civil parish with a town council in Somerset, England, previously in Somerset West and Taunton district (OS grid ref ST2225).
- What part of speech is Taunton?
- Taunton is a proper noun.
Words near Taunton in the dictionary
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