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Woodstock

Woodstock

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A small town in New York State where many artists live and work
  • proper noun
  • /ˈwʊdˌstɑk/
: Woodstock (Nueva York)
  • Woodstock's in New York.
  • Woodstock, New York
  • gallery in Woodstock
  • studio in Woodstock

But I will see you guys tomorrow from here in Woodstock.

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Examples

  • Pete Seeger, Joan Baez, Bob Dylan, and Woodstock, New York, come readily to mind in considering the popularization of political protest songs.

    Academic text (1998)

  • I live in Woodstock, New York, in the Ulster County area.

    Blog text (8)

  • -My wife and I drove up to Woodstock.

    Please Give (2010)

  • We live in Woodstock, but I have an entire life's worth of stuff.

  • And remember when we hopped in the family car and drove all the way to Woodstock?

    Airplane II: The Sequel (1982)

  • Well, we've been in Woodstock for an extremely long time, but it it always had this history of being an art colony, which was a good reason not to go there.

  • Dylan and the musicians took residence in a big pink house in Woodstock, N.Y.

    Blog text (13)

  • Elsewhere, in imagination or in fact, the nation's youth began converging on forty acres of farmland outside Woodstock, New York.

    Fiction book (2001)

  • Many artists have moved to Woodstock, drawn by its vibrant creative community.

  • After settling in Woodstock, she found inspiration for her paintings.

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Etymology

Woodstock (the New York town) was named after the English place-name and uses the old parts wood 'wood' and stoc 'place', so its name means 'a place by the wood' and matches the town's quiet, artistic character.