Preston

Meaning

  1. (countable, uncountable) An industrial city in Lancashire, England.
  2. (countable, uncountable) Several other places in England:
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  18. (countable, uncountable) Several other places in England:
  19. (countable, uncountable) A place in Scotland:
  20. (countable, uncountable) A place in Scotland:
  21. (countable, uncountable) A place in Scotland:
  22. (countable, uncountable) A place in Canada:
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  59. (countable, uncountable) A number of places in the United States:
  60. (countable, uncountable) A habitational surname from Old English.
  61. (countable, uncountable) A male given name transferred from the surname.

Synonyms

Eton
30k
Sale
B1
Bath
B1
🛀
Blackpool
25k
Bradford
C2
England
B1
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Falmouth
48k
Hereford
38k
Ipswich
41k
Leeds
C2
Leicester
21k
Nottingham
C2
Plymouth
C2
Portland
C1
prime meridian
Reading
B1
Scilly Islands
Sheffield
C2
Sherwood Forest
Shrewsbury
47k
York
A2
Allerton
Holt
C1
Badminton
25k
🏸
Basingstoke
Bedford
C2
Berwick-upon-Tweed
Blackburn
26k
Bournemouth
39k
Buckingham
C2
Canterbury
21k
Chatham
38k
Chichester
Clifton
20k
Doncaster
44k
Folkestone
Glastonbury
46k
Gloucester
21k
Gosport
Gotham
C1
Guildford
Huddersfield
Kingston upon Hull
Ludlow
27k
Maidenhead
Mansfield
C2
Marlborough
48k
Newbury
Northampton
Devonshire
38k
Translations

Preston

Preston

Preston

Preston

Πρέστον

Preston

Preston

برستون

إنكلترا
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انكلترا

England
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Αγγλία

بريستن

Angleterre
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Anglaterra
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Frequency

C1
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈpɹɛstən/
Etymology

From Old English prēost (“priest”) + tūn (“settlement”). Doublet of Prestatyn.

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