Stone

Stone

See also: stone

English

Etymology

• From stone. Doublet of Steen and Stein.

Proper noun

Stone (countable and uncountable, plural Stones)

1. (countable) An English occupational and habitational surname from Old English, for someone who lived near a stone worked with stone, from Old English stan.
2. (countable) A male given name
3. A placename
   1. A locale in England, United Kingdom.
      1. A market town in Stafford borough, Staffordshire (OS grid ref SJ9034).
      2. A village in Buckinghamshire.
      3. A village in Gloucestershire.
      4. A village and civil parish in Dartford borough, Kent (OS grid ref TQ5774).
      5. A village and civil parish in Wyre Forest district, Worcestershire (OS grid ref SO8575).
   2. A locale in the United States.
      1. An unincorporatedcommunity in California.
      2. An unincorporatedcommunity in Indiana.
      3. An unincorporatedcommunity in Kentucky; named for coal businessman Galen L. Stone.
      4. An unincorporatedcommunity in Wisconsin.
   3. Ellipsis of Stone County.

Derived terms

• County of Stone
• Stone County
• Stone space
• Stonie

 

Translations

surname meaning "stone"

Czech: Skála German: Stein (de) Low German: Steen (nds) Polish: Kamień Yiddish: שטיין‎ (shteyn)

See also

• Featherstone
• Poundstone

 

Anagrams

• 'onest, ETNOs, Eston, SONET, notes, onest, onset, set on, seton, steno, steno-, tones