English Explanatory Dictionary

Staunton

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A village and civil parish next to Corse, Forest of Dean district, Gloucestershire, England (OS grid ref SO7829).
  2. A village in Staunton Coleford parish, Forest of Dean district, Gloucestershire (OS grid ref SO5412).
  3. A civil parish (without a council) in Newark and Sherwood district, Nottinghamshire, England, the local village is named Staunton in the Vale.
  4. An independent city, the county seat of Augusta County, Virginia, United States.
  5. A habitational surname from Old English.

Word forms

Staunton Stauntons

Etymology

From Old English stān (“stone”) + tūn (“enclosure; town, settlement”). Compare Stanton, which shares the same etymology.

Derived words

Staunton Coleford Staunton Gambit Staunton Harold Stauntonian Staunton in the Vale Staunton piece
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