Charles·ton

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

• A city of southeast South Carolina northeast of Savannah on Charleston Harbor. Founded in 1670, it prospered as a port and became a major cultural center. The Civil War began here with the signing of the Ordinance of Secession (December 20, 1860) and the bombardment of Fort Sumter (April 12, 1861).
• 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.
• noun A fast dance in 4/4 time, popularized in the United States in the 1920s.