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Definitions

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

  1. A city of southeast South Carolina northeast of Savannah. Charleston has been a major commercial and cultural center since colonial times. Population: 108,000.
  2. The capital and largest city of West Virginia, in the west-central part of the state. The city grew around the site of Fort Lee in the late 1780s. Population: 50,800.
  3. n. A fast ballroom dance in 4/4 time, popular during the 1920s.

Wiktionary

  1. n. The capital city of, and largest city in, West Virginia, USA.
  2. n. A large city and port in South Carolina, USA.
  3. n. A dance named for the city of Charleston, South Carolina.

WordNet 3.0

  1. n. state capital of West Virginia in the central part of the state on the Kanawha river
  2. n. an American ballroom dance in syncopated rhythm; popular early in the 20th century
  3. n. a port city in southeastern South Carolina
  4. v. dance the Charleston

Etymologies

  1. Charles +‎ ton, ton being an old form of town. (Wiktionary)
  2. After Charleston 1, South Carolina. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)

Examples

  • “CHARLESTON, SC (WCSC) - You may have walked or driven past the Grace Episcopal Church in downtown Charleston without noticing the rarity of the sound of a certain bell.”

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  • “CHARLESTON, SC (WCSC) - After an 11-day cruise to the Caribbean in which more than 400 passengers and crew members came down with a strain of norovirus, the Celebrity Cruise Line ship, Mercury, returned to Charleston early Friday morning.”

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  • “CHARLESTON, SC - Veterinarians at the South Carolina Aquarium sea turtle hospital in Charleston say they've made great progress in helping a loggerhead turtle suffering from lockjaw.”

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  • “CHARLESTON - Singer-songwriter Sheryl Crow will perform at 8 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 30, at the Clay Center in Charleston.”

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  • “CHARLESTON: Denmark's Caroline Wozniacki stayed on course for back-to-back claycourt titles when she reached the Charleston final Saturday with a 6-4, 5-7,”

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  • “CHARLESTON - A Charleston lawyer's claim that he was severely beaten by two West Virginia State Police troopers following his arrest for drunken driving is being investigated by a federal grand jury.”

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  • “Stayed in charleston overnight. wmbfnews Tayleigh_: NOAA is coming up to Myrtle from Charleston this morning to investigate the beached animal ...”

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hypernyms (10)

Words that are more generic or abstract

  1. state capital
  2. ballroom dancing
  1. ballroom dance
  2. port
  1. metropolis
  2. urban center
  1. city
  2. trip the light fantastic toe
  1. trip the light fantastic
  2. dance

reverse dictionary (14)

Words that contain this word in their definition

  1. santee beds
  2. ambrosine
  1. deemto
  2. Parkersburg
  1. Huntington
  2. Charleston
  1. ocean-wave
  2. Pulaski
  1. bark
  2. Johnson
  1. Geechee
  2. noisette
  1. brotus
  2. put

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  1. dance
  1. city
  1. fad
  1. 1920s

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