Stockport

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UK/ˈstɒkpɔːt/US/ˈstɑkpɔɹt/

proper noun

A market town and metropolitan borough of Greater Manchester, England (OS grid ref SJ8990).

OriginOld English stoc →
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Meanings

proper nounStockport (countable and uncountable, plural Stockports)

plural Stockports

  1. countableuncountableA market town and metropolitan borough of Greater Manchester, England (OS grid ref SJ8990).
  2. countableuncountableA habitational surname from Old English.
  3. countableuncountableA town in Columbia County, New York.
  4. countableuncountableA village in Morgan County, Ohio.
  5. countableuncountableA town in South Australia.
  6. countableuncountableA city in Van Buren County, Iowa.
  7. countableuncountableAn unincorporated community in Delaware County, Indiana.

Origin

  1. Old Englishstoc“house, dwelling; place”
  2. EnglishStockport

From Old English stoc (“house, dwelling; place”) + port (“port; market town”).

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with Stockport

Lockeport
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Cite this entry
APA

Stockport. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Stockport

MLA

“Stockport.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Stockport. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Stockport,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Stockport.

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