Taunton

English

Etymology

From Old English Tantūn, from the name of the river Tone.

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). [1][2]
  2. A suburb of Ashton-under-Lyne, Metropolitan Borough of Tameside, Greater Manchester, England (OS grid ref SD9200). [3]
  3. A place in the United States:
    1. A city, the county seat of Bristol County, Massachusetts.
    2. A minor city in Lyon County, Minnesota.
    3. A hamlet in the town of Onondaga, Onondaga County, New York.
    4. A town in Adams County, Washington.
  4. A rural locality in Gladstone Region, Queensland, Australia.
  5. A locality in Barossa council area, South Australia.
  6. A surname.

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Parish map (Somerset)
  2. ^ Taunton Town Council
  3. ^ List of United Kingdom locations: Ta-Tha on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
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