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name
A number of places in the United States:
A city in Arkansas, and one of the two county seats of Franklin County.
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A number of places in the United States:
A city, the county seat of Coles County, Illinois; after Charles Morton, its first postmaster.
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A number of places in the United States:
A town in Penobscot County, Maine; after Charles Vaughan, an early settler.
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A number of places in the United States:
A city in Mississippi, and one of the two county seats of Tallahatchie County.
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A number of places in the United States:
A city, the county seat of Mississippi County, Missouri; after either nearby Charles Prairie or the city in South Carolina.
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A number of places in the United States:
A town in New York; after Charles Van Epps, an early settler.
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A number of places in the United States:
A neighborhood of Staten Island, New York; after Charles Kreischer, son of Balthasar Kreischer, after whom the town was previously named (as Kreischerville).
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A number of places in the United States:
A city, the county seat of Charleston County, South Carolina; after Charles II of England.
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Synonyms: Holy City, Chucktown
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A number of places in the United States:
A city in Tennessee.
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A number of places in the United States:
A town in Utah; after Charles Shelton, an early settler.
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A number of places in the United States:
A town in Vermont; after a naval battle near the city in South Carolina; the town's early settlers were naval officers.
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A number of places in the United States:
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.
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A community in Nova Scotia, Canada.
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A village in Angus council area, Scotland; after Charles Henderson, proprietor of the village's land before its formation (OS grid ref NO3845).
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A suburb of Dundee, City of Dundee council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NO3532).
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A town in South Australia.
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A coastal village south of Westport, West Coast, New Zealand.
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A surname.
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noun
A dance named for the city of Charleston, South Carolina.
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Qualifier: preceded by definite article
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verb
To dance the Charleston.
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Usage: intransitive
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noun
an American ballroom dance in syncopated rhythm; popular early in the 20th century
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Broader terms: ballroom dancing, ballroom dance
noun
a port city in southeastern South Carolina
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Broader terms: city, metropolis, urban center, port
noun
state capital of West Virginia in the central part of the state on the Kanawha river
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Synonyms: capital of West Virginia
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Broader terms: state capital
verb
dance the Charleston
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Broader terms: dance, trip the light fantastic, trip the light fantastic toe
History
From Charles + -ton. The places are named after various men named "Charles"; see definitions below.
Across languages
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