Stockton

Pronunciation: /ˈstɒktən/

The English word “Stockton” has 4 meanings listed here.

proper noun

An unincorporated community in Baldwin County, Alabama.
An unincorporated community in Jefferson Township, Owen County, Indiana.
A small village and civil parish in south-east Shropshire (OS grid ref SO7299).
A rural locality in Cassowary Coast Region, Queensland, Australia.

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.

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More English words

stocks
stocktake
stocktaker
stocktaking
Stockton Heath
Stocktonian
stockwatering
stockwhip

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