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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)

  1. A town and civil parish with a town council in Somerset, England, previously in Somerset West and Taunton district (OS grid ref ST2225).
  2. A suburb of Ashton-under-Lyne, Metropolitan Borough of Tameside, Greater Manchester, England (OS grid ref SD9200).
  3. 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...
  4. A minor city in Lyon County, Minnesota.
  5. A hamlet in the town of Onondaga, Onondaga County, New York.
  6. A town in Adams County, Washington.
  7. A rural locality in Gladstone Region, Queensland, Australia.
  8. A locality in Barossa council area, South Australia.
  9. A surname.

Forms of Taunton

pluralTauntons

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

  1. taunteth
  2. taunting
  3. tauntingly
  4. tauntingness
  5. tauntings
  6. Taunton
  7. Taunton Deane
  8. Taunton turkey
  9. Taunton turkeys
  10. Tauntonian
  11. tauntress

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