Taunton

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Taunton

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From Old English Tantūn, from the name of the river Tone.

proper noun Tauntons

countable, uncountable A town and civil parish with a town council in Somerset, England, previously in Somerset West and Taunton district (OS grid ref ST2225).
countable, uncountable A suburb of Ashton-under-Lyne, Metropolitan Borough of Tameside, Greater Manchester, England (OS grid ref SD9200).
countable, uncountable A city, the county seat of Bristol County, Massachusetts. Last week Taunton resident Zandra Dumas and her husband walked out to their Jeep they had parked in a downtown Taunton parking lot to find a fun little surprise — a little rubber duck with a Jeep grill drawn in permanent marker on the front in the driver's seat.
countable, uncountable A minor city in Lyon County, Minnesota.
countable, uncountable A hamlet in the town of Onondaga, Onondaga County, New York.
countable, uncountable A town in Adams County, Washington.
countable, uncountable A rural locality in Gladstone Region, Queensland, Australia.
countable, uncountable A locality in Barossa council area, South Australia.
countable, uncountable A surname.

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@misc{taunton_2026,
  title = {Taunton},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/taunton},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}