English Explanatory Dictionary

Blackstone

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A surname.
  2. A place in England:
  3. A settlement in Woodmancote parish, Horsham district, West Sussex (OS grid ref TQ2416).
  4. A hamlet in Bewdley parish, Wyre Forest district, Worcestershire (OS grid ref SO7974).
  5. A gritstone escarpment in the Pennine hills on the boundary between Greater Manchester and West Yorkshire, properly Blackstone Edge.
  6. A place in the United States:
  7. An unincorporated community in Sunbury Township, Livingston County, Illinois.
  8. A town in Worcester County, Massachusetts, named after William Blaxton.
  9. An unincorporated community in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania.
  10. A neighbourhood of Providence, Providence County, Rhode Island.
  11. A town in Nottoway County, Virginia, named after William Blackstone.
  12. A suburb of the City of Ipswich, Queensland, Australia.

Pronunciation

/ˈblækstən/

Word forms

Blackstone

Etymology

From Old English blac (“black”) + stān (“stone”).

Derived words

Blackstone Heights Blackstone River Blackstone's ratio Blackstonian eggs Blackstone
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