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charleston

/ˈtʃɑɹlstən/

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What does charleston mean?

verb

  1. To dance the Charleston.

noun

  1. A dance named for the city of Charleston, South Carolina.

proper noun

  1. A city in Arkansas, and one of the two county seats of Franklin County.
More meanings (17)

proper noun

  1. A city, the county seat of Coles County, Illinois; after Charles Morton, its first postmaster.
  2. A town in Penobscot County, Maine; after Charles Vaughan, an early settler.
  3. A city in Mississippi, and one of the two county seats of Tallahatchie County.
  4. A city, the county seat of Mississippi County, Missouri; after either nearby Charles Prairie or the city in South Carolina.
  5. A town in New York; after Charles Van Epps, an early settler.
  6. A neighborhood of Staten Island, New York; after Charles Kreischer, son of Balthasar Kreischer, after whom the town was previously named (as Kreischerville).
  7. A city, the county seat of Charleston County, South Carolina; after Charles II of England.
  8. A city in Tennessee.
  9. A town in Utah; after Charles Shelton, an early settler.
  10. A town in Vermont; after a naval battle near the city in South Carolina; the town's early settlers were naval officers.
  11. The capital city of West Virginia, United States and the county seat of Kanawha County; perhaps after Charles Clendenin, the father of an early settler.
  12. A community in Nova Scotia, Canada.
  13. A village in Angus council area, Scotland; after Charles Henderson, proprietor of the village's land before its formation (OS grid ref NO3845).
  14. A suburb of Dundee, City of Dundee council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NO3532).
  15. A town in South Australia.
  16. A coastal village south of Westport, West Coast, New Zealand.
  17. A surname.

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IPA pronunciation

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Indeed, the supply from Charleston was so large that the price in April scarcely repaid the cost of some shipments.
Edward Payson RoeSuccess with Small FruitsProject Gutenberg ebook #6117
She was later placed in another boarding-school and there met the wealthy B.'s of Charleston who took her home with them.
William Healy; Mary Tenney HealyPathology of Lying, Accusation, and Swindling: A Study in Forensic PsychologyProject Gutenberg ebook #449
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Moultrie gradually retired as Prevost advanced, and the contest which followed between the two, seemed to be which should reach Charleston first.
William Gilmore SimmsThe Life of Francis MarionProject Gutenberg ebook #843
On counting noses, we found, that in our three week's course, we had seized and sent off to Charleston, upwards of fifty.
M. L. (Mason Locke) WeemsThe Life of General Francis MarionProject Gutenberg ebook #846
From the time of the fall of Charleston, all public education was at an end, and soon after, all public worship was discontinued.
William Dobein JamesA Sketch of the Life of Brig. Gen. Francis Marion and a History of His BrigadeProject Gutenberg ebook #923