Taunton
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English
Etymology
From (River) Tone + Old English tūn (“settlement”).
Proper noun
Taunton (countable and uncountable, plural Tauntons)
- A town and civil parish with a town council in Somerset, England, previously in Somerset West and Taunton district (OS grid ref ST2225). [1][2]
- A suburb of Ashton-under-Lyne, Metropolitan Borough of Tameside, Greater Manchester, England (OS grid ref SD9200). [3]
- A place in the United States:
- A city, the county seat of Bristol County, Massachusetts.
- A minor city in Lyon County, Minnesota.
- A hamlet in the town of Onondaga, Onondaga County, New York.
- A town in Adams County, Washington.
- A rural locality in Gladstone Region, Queensland, Australia.
- A locality in Barossa council area, South Australia.
- A surname.
