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Staunton

Staunton

The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed. | 2008 | Copyright

Staunton , city (1990 pop. 24,461), seat of Augusta co., W central Va., in the Shenandoah Valley; settled 1732, inc. as a city 1871. It is a trade and industrial center in a fertile farm area known for its poultry, livestock, and apples. Other products include feeds and fertilizer, crushed limestone, beverages, furniture, fabricated-metal and textile products, and building materials.

Staunton served as a Confederate supply base in the Civil War; twice it was occupied by Union forces. The city manager form of government originated in Staunton in 1908. The city is the seat of Mary Baldwin College and the Virginia School for the Deaf and the Blind (est. 1838). Many colonial houses remain, and President Woodrow Wilson 's birthplace is a national shrine. Blackfriars Playhouse, a recreation of a London theater in which Shakespeare's plays were performed, and the Frontier Culture Museum are also there.

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A Dictionary of British Place-Names | 2003 | | Copyright

Staunton, usually ‘farmstead on stony ground, or one near a standing stone’, OE stān + tūn; examples include: Staunton Glos., near Hartpury. Stantun 972, 1086 (DB). Staunton on Arrow Herefs. Stantun 958, Stantune 1086 (DB). Arrow is an ancient pre-Celtic river-name of uncertain meaning.

However the following has a different origin: Staunton on Wye Herefs. Standune 1086 (DB). ‘Stony hill’. OE stān + dūn. For the river-name, see Ross on Wye.
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The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English | 2009 | Copyright

ar·row / ˈarō/ • n. a shaft sharpened at the front and with feathers or vanes at the back, shot from a bow as a weapon or for sport. ∎  a mark or sign resembling an arrow, used to show direction or position; a pointer: we drove in the main gate and followed a series of arrows.

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Concise Dictionary of World Place-Names | 2005 | | Copyright

Staunton, UK, USA 1. UK (England): ‘Farmstead on Stony Ground’ from stān and tūn.2. USA (Virginia): founded in 1736 and named after Lady Rebecca Staunton, the wife of Sir William Gooch (1681–1751), lieutenant‐governor of Virginia.
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The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology | 1996 | | Copyright

arrow Late OE. ar(e)we — ON. *arw-, nom. ǫr (g. sg., pl. ǫrvar), rel. to Goth. arhwazna arrow, — Gmc. base *arχw- :- IE. *arkw-, whence also L. arcus bow, ARC.
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A Dictionary of British Place-Names | 2003 | | Copyright

Arrow Warwicks. Arne [sic] 710, Arue 1086 (DB). Named from the River Arrow, a Celtic or pre-Celtic river-name meaning simply ‘stream’.
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Arrow (river) Herefs., see Staunton on Arrow.
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Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes | 2007 | Copyright

arrow •arrow, barrow, farrow, harrow, Jarrow, marrow, narrow, sparrow, taro, tarot, Varro, yarrow •gabbro • Avogadro • Afro • aggro •macro • cilantro • Castro •wheelbarrow •Faro, Kilimanjaro, Pissarro, Pizarro, Tupamaro •Pedro • allegro • hedgerow • velcro •escrow •metro, retro •electro • Jethro •bolero, caballero, dinero, Faeroe, pharaoh, ranchero, sombrero, torero •scarecrow • Ebro •Montenegro, Negro •repro • in vitro • Pyrrho • synchro •windrow • impro • intro • bistro •Babygro • McEnroe •biro, Cairo, giro, gyro, tyro •fibro • micro • maestro •borrow, Corot, morrow, sorrow, tomorrow •cockcrow • cointreau •Moro, Sapporo, Thoreau •Mindoro • Yamoussoukro •Woodrow •burro, burrow, furrow •upthrow •De Niro, hero, Nero, Pierrot, Pinero, Rio de Janeiro, sub-zero, zero •bureau, chiaroscuro, Douro, enduro, euro, Ishiguro, Oruro, Truro •Politburo • guacharo • Diderot •vigoro • Prospero • Cicero • in utero •Devereux • Jivaro • overthrow

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