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afton

/ˈæf.tən/

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What does afton mean?

proper noun

  1. A city in Iowa.
  2. A city in Minnesota.
  3. A ghost town in Nevada.
More meanings (6)

proper noun

  1. A town and village in New York.
  2. A town in Oklahoma.
  3. An unincorporated community in Greene County, Tennessee.
  4. A town in Wyoming.
  5. A settlement in Prince Edward Island, Canada.
  6. A settlement in Freshwater parish, Isle of Wight, England (OS grid ref SZ3586).

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IPA pronunciation

/ˈæf.tən/

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At the tailor’s he kept whistling, “Flow gently, Sweet Afton,” while Van Dusen advised him, until that resourceful tailor and haberdasher exclaimed, “You must have a date back there, doctor; you behave like a bridegroom,” and made him remember that he wasn’t one.
Willa CatherThe Song of the LarkProject Gutenberg ebook #44