Charleston

See also: charleston and charlestón

English

Etymology

Charles +‎ -ton. The places are named after various men named "Charles"; see definitions below.

Proper noun

Charleston

1. A number of places in the United States:
   1. A city in Arkansas, and one of the two county seats of Franklin County.
   2. A city, the county seat of Coles County, Illinois; after Charles Morton, its first postmaster.
   3. A town in Maine; after Charles Vaughan, an early settler.
   4. A city in Mississippi, and one of the two county seats of Tallahatchie County.
   5. A city, the county seat of Mississippi County, Missouri; after either nearby Charles Prairie or the city in South Carolina.
   6. A town in New York; after Charles Van Epps, an early settler.
   7. A neighborhood of Staten Island, New York City; after Charles Kreischer, son of Balthasar Kreischer, after whom the town was previously named (as Kreischerville).
   8. A city, the county seat of Charleston County, South Carolina; after Charles II of England.
   9. A city in Tennessee.
   10. A town in Utah; after Charles Shelton, an early settler.
   11. A town in Vermont; after a naval battle near the city in South Carolina; the town's early settlers were naval officers.
   12. 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.
2. A community in Nova Scotia, Canada.
3. A village in Angus council area, Scotland; after Charles Henderson, proprietor of the village's land before its formation.
4. An area of Dundee, Scotland.
5. A town in South Australia.
6. A coastal village south of Westport, West Coast, New Zealand.

Derived terms

• Charleston County
• Charlestonian
• North Charleston

See also

• Charlestown

Noun

Charleston (plural Charlestons)

1. (preceded by definite article) A dance named for the city of Charleston, South Carolina.
   • Dubbed “the Black Venus”, she danced the charleston in nothing but a string of pearls and a skirt made of 16 rubber bananas, performed with a snake wrapped suggestively round her neck, strolled down the Champs-Élysées with her pet cheetah, and became an international superstar. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/nov/28/dancer-singer-spy-frances-pantheon-to-honour-josephine-baker

Translations

dance

• Czech: charleston m
• Finnish: charleston (fi)
• Marathi: चार्ल्स्टन m (cārlsṭan)

Anagrams

• Horncastle