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Staunton.

A village and civil parish next to Corse, Forest of Dean district, Gloucestershire, England (OS grid ref SO7829).

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  1. A village and civil parish next to Corse, Forest of Dean district, Gloucestershire, England (OS grid ref SO7829).

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  2. A village in Staunton Coleford parish, Forest of Dean district, Gloucestershire (OS grid ref SO5412).

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  3. A civil parish (without a council) in Newark and Sherwood district, Nottinghamshire, England, the local village is named Staunton in the Vale.

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  4. An independent city, the county seat of Augusta County, Virginia, United States.

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  5. A habitational surname from Old English.

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Where this word comes from

From Old English stān (“stone”) + tūn (“enclosure; town, settlement”). Compare Stanton, which shares the same etymology.

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