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Stoughton

  • /ˈstoʊtən/

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From Old English stoc (“house, dwelling”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”). Doublet of Stockton.

proper noun Stoughtons

  1. countable, uncountable A village and civil parish in Harborough district, Leicestershire, England (OS grid ref SK638490).
  2. countable, uncountable A suburb of Guildford, Surrey, England (OS grid ref SU980015).
  3. countable, uncountable A village and civil parish in Chichester district, West Sussex, England (OS grid ref SU802114).
  4. countable, uncountable A town in the Rural Municipality of Tecumseh, Saskatchewan, Canada.
  5. countable, uncountable A town in Norfolk County, Massachusetts, United States.
  6. countable, uncountable A city in Dane County, Wisconsin, United States.
  7. countable, uncountable A habitational surname from Old English.

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@misc{stoughton_2026,
  title = {Stoughton},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/stoughton},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}