Meanings
plural Tauntons
- countableuncountableA town and civil parish with a town council in Somerset, England, previously in Somerset West and Taunton district (OS grid ref ST2225).
- countableuncountableA suburb of Ashton-under-Lyne, Metropolitan Borough of Tameside, Greater Manchester, England (OS grid ref SD9200).
- A place in the United States:
- countableuncountableA city, the county seat of Bristol County, Massachusetts.
Last week Taunton resident Zandra Dumas and her husband walked out to their Jeep they had parked in a downtown Taunton parking lot to find a fun little surprise — a little rubber duck with a Jeep grill drawn in permanent marker on the front in the driver's seat.
2020 July 29, Susannah Sudborough, “It may sound quacky, but Jeep ducking is a real thing and it's right here in Taunton”, in Taunton Daily Gazette, Taunton, Massachusetts, archived from the original on 03 Apr 2025 - countableuncountableA minor city in Lyon County, Minnesota.
- countableuncountableA hamlet in the town of Onondaga, Onondaga County, New York.
- countableuncountableA town in Adams County, Washington.
- countableuncountableA rural locality in Gladstone Region, Queensland, Australia.
- countableuncountableA locality in Barossa council area, South Australia.
- countableuncountableA surname.
Origin
- Old EnglishTantūn
- EnglishTaunton
From Old English Tantūn, from the name of the river Tone.
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Taunton. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Taunton
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