Charlestown
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- proper noun
- /ˈtʃɑrlztaʊn/
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Charlestown
- Many tourists visit Charlestown to see the Bunker Hill Monument.
- arrived in Charlestown
And what about that good Boston movie with in Charlestown, the town?
- And what about that good Boston movie with in Charlestown, the town?
Examples
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That's the dog that saved Charlestown from the 1938 flood.
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Almost three years after her captivity in St. Francis, Johnson returns to Charlestown.
Academic text (2008) -
I was given three years and four months in the Charlestown Prison.
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Because of these boys, Charlestown is again a city on the rise.
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The crowd continues to boo the Charlestown team.
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And he volunteers at a soup kitchen over in Charlestown once a month.
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I spent some winters in Charlestown.
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We are the princes of Charlestown, and we will never be forgotten!
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Her mother is in Charlestown subletting a freshly sanded loft.
Fiction book (1991) -
South Carolina merchant Samuel Eveleigh arrived from Charlestown in March 1733 to find Oglethorpe in full control.
Academic text (2011)
Compounds
A historic navy shipyard in Boston where the warship Constitution is anchored
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Charlestown comes from the name Charles and the word town, meaning 'Charles's town'. It was named for King Charles I when it was founded, so today it is the name of the Boston neighborhood.