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flagstaff¹

  • /ˈflæɡstæf/ US
  • /ˈflæɡstɑːf/ UK

Where it comes from

From flag + staff.

noun flagstaffs · flagstaves · flag-staff · flag staff

  1. A pole on which a flag is raised. Snowball had found in the harness-room an old green tablecloth of Mrs. Jones's and had painted on it a hoof and a horn in white. This was run up the flagstaff in the farmhouse garden every Sunday morning.

    Similar: flagpole

Flagstaff²

  • /ˈflæɡstæf/ US
  • /ˈflæɡstɑːf/ UK

Where it comes from

From flag + staff, see flagstaff.

proper noun

  1. A city, the county seat of Coconino County, Arizona, United States. The renaissance of downtown Flagstaff brought new life to its old brick buildings in the form of hip new places to eat, drink and sleep.
  2. A town in Victoria, Australia.

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"flagstaff." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/flagstaff. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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flagstaff. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/flagstaff

Chicago

"flagstaff." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/flagstaff.

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@misc{flagstaff_2026,
  title = {flagstaff},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/flagstaff},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}