Jamestown

Jamestown

English

Etymology

James +‎ town

Proper noun

Jamestown

1. Any of numerous places in English-speaking regions:
   1. The capital city of Saint Helena.
   2. A town in the Mid North region, South Australia.
   3. A district of the city of Accra, Ghana.
   4. A townland in Churchtown civil parish, County Westmeath, Ireland.
   5. A townland in Conry civil parish, County Westmeath, Ireland.
   6. A small village in County Laois, Ireland.
   7. A village in County Leitrim, Ireland.
   8. A ghost town in Southland, New Zealand.
   9. A village in Highland council area, Scotland.
   10. A village in the Vale of Leven, West Dunbartonshire council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NS3981).
   11. A hamlet in Fife council area, Scotland.
   12. A town in Joe Gqabi district municipality, Eastern Cape, South Africa.
   13. A rural settlement in Cape Winelands district, Western Cape, South Africa.
   14. A large number of places in the United States:
       1. A former settlement in the Colony of Virginia, established in 1607 and named after King James I of England.[1]
       2. A census-designated place in Tuolumne County, California.
       3. A statutory town in Boulder County, Colorado.
       4. A ghost town in Chattahoochee County, Georgia.
       5. A small community in Ware County, Georgia.
       6. A small town in Jackson Township, Boone County and Eel River Township, Hendricks County, Indiana; named after its founder, James Mattock.[1]
       7. An unincorporatedcommunity in Baugo Township, Elkhart County, Indiana.
       8. An unincorporatedcommunity in Jamestown Township, Steuben County, Indiana.
       9. The original name of New Lisbon, Henry County, Indiana.
       10. A tiny city in Cloud County, Kansas.
       11. A community in the city of Dayton, Kentucky.
       12. A small home rule city, the county seat of Russell County, Kentucky.
       13. A village in Bienville Parish, Louisiana.
       14. A village in Moniteau County, Missouri.
       15. A city in Chautauqua County, New York; the largest city in the United States with this name; named after early settler James Prendergast.[1]
       16. A town in Guilford County, North Carolina.
       17. A city, the county seat of Stutsman County, North Dakota; the second-largest city in the United States with this name.
       18. A village in Greene County, Ohio.
       19. A ghost town in Morrow County, Ohio.
       20. An unincorporatedcommunity in Rogers County, Oklahoma.
       21. A borough in Mercer County, Pennsylvania.
       22. A town in Newport County, Rhode Island; named after King James II of England.[1]
       23. A tiny town in Berkeley County, South Carolina.
       24. A small city, the county seat of Fentress County, Tennessee.
       25. An unincorporatedcommunity in Smith County, Texas.
       26. An unincorporatedcommunity in Jefferson County, West Virginia.
       27. A town in Grant County, Wisconsin.

Derived terms

• Jamestown Canyon virus
• Jamestown weed

Translations

any of several places

Esperanto: Ĵamestaŭno Georgian: ჯეიმსტაუნი (ǯeimsṭauni) Marathi: जेम्सटाउन (jemsaṭāun) Romanian: Jamestown Russian: Дже́ймстаун (ru) m (Džéjmstaun), Джеймста́ун (ru) m (Džejmstáun) Spanish: Jamestown

References

1. Henry Gannett (1905) The Origin of Certain Place Names in the United States, second edition, Washington: Government Printing Office, OCLC 1156805, page 168

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Spanish

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ˈʝeimstaun/ [ˈɟ͡ʝẽĩms.t̪ãũn]

• IPA^(key): (everywhere but Argentina and Uruguay) /ˈʝeimstaun/ [ˈɟ͡ʝẽĩms.t̪ãũn]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /ˈʃeimstaun/ [ˈʃẽĩms.t̪ãũn]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /ˈʒeimstaun/ [ˈʒẽĩms.t̪ãũn]

• Rhymes: -eimstaun

Proper noun

Jamestown ?

1. Jamestown (the capital city of Saint Helena)