English Explanatory Dictionary

Stockton

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A placename:
  2. A place in the United States:
  3. An unincorporated community in Baldwin County, Alabama.
  4. A city, the county seat of San Joaquin County, California, named after Robert F. Stockton.
  5. A neighbourhood of San Diego, California.
  6. A census-designated place in Lanier County, Georgia.
  7. A township and village therein, in Jo Daviess County, Illinois.
  8. A township in Greene County, Indiana.
  9. An unincorporated community in Jefferson Township, Owen County, Indiana.
  10. A minor city in Muscatine County, Iowa.
  11. A city, the county seat of Rooks County, Kansas.
  12. A census-designated place in Worcester County, Maryland.

Pronunciation

/ˈstɒktən/ /ˈstɑktən/

Word forms

Stockton Stocktons

Etymology

From Old English stocc (“log; stump, tree trunk”) or stoc (“house, dwelling”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”). By surface analysis, stock + -ton. Doublet of Stoughton.

Derived words

Fort Stockton Stockton Brook Stockton Heath Stocktonian Stockton-on-Tees Stockton on the Forest
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