Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

staunton

/stˈɔntən/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.68 in modern English

Syllables: staunton
IPA: /stˈɔntən/

8

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A village and civil parish next to Corse, Forest of Dean district, Gloucestershire, England (OS grid ref SO7829).

Countable; Uncountable

name

A village in Staunton Coleford parish, Forest of Dean district, Gloucestershire (OS grid ref SO5412).

Countable; Uncountable

name

A civil parish (without a council) in Newark and Sherwood district, Nottinghamshire, England, the local village is named Staunton in the Vale.

Countable; Uncountable

name

An independent city, the county seat of Augusta County, Virginia, United States.

Countable; Uncountable

name

A habitational surname from Old English.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

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

Origin

Source language: Old English

Word Breakdown

Root: stān

Usage

Inflected Forms

Stauntons (plural)

Derived Forms

Stauntonian

Phrases

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

Rhymes With

taunton wanton

Questions

How do you pronounce staunton?: The recorded pronunciation is /stˈɔntən/.
What does staunton mean?: A village and civil parish next to Corse, Forest of Dean district, Gloucestershire, England (OS grid ref SO7829).
Where does staunton come from?: It is traced to Old English.

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