Hagerstown

H4A1G2E1R1S1T1O1W4N1

proper noun

A city, the county seat of Washington County, Maryland; named for founder Jonathan Hager.

OriginEnglish town ← Middle English toun ← Old English tūn →
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Meanings

proper noun
  1. A city, the county seat of Washington County, Maryland; named for founder Jonathan Hager.
  2. A town in Indiana; named for the city in Maryland.
  3. A ghost town in Ohio.

Origin

  1. EnglishHager
  2. Proto-Indo-European*dewh₂-
  3. Proto-Indo-European*duh₂-nós?
  4. Proto-Celtic*dūnom
  5. Proto-Germanic*tūną
  6. Proto-West Germanic*tūn
  7. Old Englishtūn
  8. Middle Englishtoun
  9. Englishtown
  10. EnglishHagerstown

From Hager + -s- + town.

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Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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