Meanings
plural Stonehams · alternative Stonham · alternative Stanham
- countableuncountableA habitational surname from locations.
- A placename
- countableuncountableA historical village in Hampshire, England: see North Stoneham and South Stoneham.
- countableuncountableA resort community in Stoneham-and-Tewkesbury, Quebec, Canada.
- countableuncountableAn unincorporated community in Weld County, Colorado.
- countableuncountableA town in Oxford County, Maine.
- countableuncountableA town in Middlesex County, Massachusetts.
Newton joins Brookline and a dozen other towns that have adopted similar bans, including Belchertown, Chelsea, Concord, Malden, Manchester-by-the-Sea, Melrose, Needham, Pelham, Reading, Stoneham, Wakefield, and Winchester, according to the state Department of Public Health.
2025 January 22, Nick Stoico, “Newton city council approves generational tobacco ban, joining other Mass. towns”, in Boston Globe, archived from the original on 23 Jan 2025 - countableuncountableA township in Chippewa County, Minnesota.
- countableuncountableAn unincorporated community in Grimes County, Texas, almost a ghost town.
Origin
- Old Englishstān
- Middle EnglishStonham
- EnglishStoneham
From Middle English Stonham, from Old English stān + hām. By surface analysis, stone + home.
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Cite this entry
Stoneham. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Stoneham
“Stoneham.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Stoneham. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Stoneham,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Stoneham.
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