Anniston

A1N1N1I1S1T1O1N1
US, UK/ˈænɪstən/

proper noun

A city, the county seat of Calhoun County, Alabama.

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Meanings

proper noun
  1. A city, the county seat of Calhoun County, Alabama.
  2. A city in Mississippi County, Missouri.
  3. rareA female given name transferred from the place name, of modern usage.

Origin

The city in Alabama, originally Woodstock, was renamed by town officials in 1873 (after realizing there was another village named Woodstock in central Alabama) in honor of Annie Eliza Scott Tyler (1838–1914), daughter-in-law of Daniel Tyler, one of the two organizers of the Woodstock Iron Company, which started the then planned community. Equivalent to Annie + -s- + -ton (“Annie’s town”). The name of the city in Missouri was changed in 1894—a transfer from the city in Alabama.

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Cite this entry
APA

Anniston. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Anniston

MLA

“Anniston.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Anniston. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Anniston,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Anniston.

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