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Stone.

An English occupational and habitational surname from Old English, for someone who lived near a stone worked with stone, from Old English stan.

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name/stəʊ̯n/Received-Pronunciation/stoʊ̯n/General-American/stɐʉ̯n/Australia, New-Zealand/ston/Scotland
  1. An English occupational and habitational surname from Old English, for someone who lived near a stone worked with stone, from Old English stan.

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  2. A male given name.

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  3. A placename: A locale in England: A village in Stone with Bishopstone and Hartwell parish, Buckinghamshire, previously in Aylesbury Vale district (OS grid ref SP7811).

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  4. A placename: A locale in England: A village in Ham and Stone parish, Stroud district, Gloucestershire (OS grid ref ST6895).

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  5. A placename: A locale in England: A village and civil parish in Dartford borough, Kent (OS grid ref TQ5774).

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  6. A placename: A locale in England: A hamlet in Maltby parish, Metropolitan Borough of Rotherham, South Yorkshire (OS grid ref SK5589).

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  7. A placename: A locale in England: A market town and civil parish with a town council in Stafford borough, Staffordshire (OS grid ref SJ9034).

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  8. A placename: A locale in England: A village and civil parish in Wyre Forest district, Worcestershire (OS grid ref SO8575).

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  9. A placename: A locale in the United States. An unincorporated community in California.

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  10. A placename: A locale in the United States. An unincorporated community in Indiana.

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  11. A placename: A locale in the United States. An unincorporated community and coal town in Pike County, Kentucky; named for coal businessman Galen L. Stone.

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  12. A placename: A locale in the United States. An unincorporated community in the town of Rutland, Dane County, Wisconsin.

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  13. A placename: Ellipsis of Stone County.

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Where this word comes from

From stone. Doublet of Steen and Stein.

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