name · noun · 5 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
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Pronunciation
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General-American:/ˈflæɡstæf/
Received-Pronunciation:/ˈflæɡstɑːf/
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CMU ARPABET:F L AE1 G S T AE2 F
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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name
Meaning 1
A city, the county seat of Coconino County, Arizona, United States.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
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Antonyms: none provided
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name
Meaning 2
A town in Victoria, Australia.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Meaning 3
A pole on which a flag is raised.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
1988, Rhodes Boyson, Hansard, 7 June, 1988, Criminal Justice Bill, https://web.archive.org/web/20190212095659/https://www.hansard-corpus.org/ The abolition of the death penalty has been the flagstaff of the permissive society. We know what that has meant for the people of this country. Local newspapers are full of articles about robbery, murder, rape and, literally, pillage.
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noun
Meaning 4
a tall staff or pole on which a flag is raised
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: flagpole
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: staff
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noun
Meaning 5
a town in north central Arizona; site of an important observatory
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: town
History
Etymology
From flag + staff, see flagstaff.
From flag + staff.
Across languages
Translations
4 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Marathi:
फ्लॅगस्टाफ
(phlĕgasṭāph)
— city in Arizona
Navajo:
Kin Łání
— city in Arizona
Navajo:
Kinłání
— city in Arizona
Navajo:
Kinłání Dookʼoʼoosłííd Biyaagi
— city in Arizona