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Cooperstown

Cooperstown

13 5.9
A small town in central New York that has the Baseball Hall of Fame
  • proper noun
  • /ˈkuːpərstaʊn/
: Cooperstown
  • Who's got the best men's store in Cooperstown, New York?

Examples

  • That is an invitation to a testimonial dinner... at the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, New York.

  • Why Larry Wayne Jones Jr. is going to Cooperstown as well as the playoffs (one last time).

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  • We went to the, um... Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown.

  • In fact, it's an approach that will take Ichiro to Cooperstown.

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  • Jake has a house on West 12th Street and a farmhouse near Cooperstown.

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  • Abbott and Costello will forever be enshrined in Cooperstown for "Who's on First."

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  • In the middle of his 19th and recently announced final season, Tommy has been named to 11 all-star teams, broken dozens of records, and seems destined for Cooperstown.

  • Many baseball fans dream of visiting Cooperstown, where the National Baseball Hall of Fame is located.

  • After years of playing, he finally achieved his goal of being inducted into Cooperstown as a Hall of Fame member.

  • Each summer, tourists flock to Cooperstown to explore its rich baseball history and enjoy the picturesque scenery.

Surface Forms

Morphology

Cooperstown = Cooper + town (transparent) = Cooper + town

The place name is directly formed from the surname 'Cooper' + 'town', so learners can infer it denotes a town associated with Cooper.

Etymology

Cooperstown comes from the family name Cooper, which is also a common English word for a 'barrel maker', and the ending -town simply means 'town'. So Cooperstown is literally 'Cooper's town', the small New York town now famous for the National Baseball Hall of Fame.