Carson

Carson

See also: carson

English

Alternative forms

• (surname and given name): Karson

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈkɑɹsən/

Proper noun

Carson

1. A Scottish surname, possibly a form of Curzon.
2. A male given name transferred from the surname.
3. (rare) A female given name transferred from the surname.
4. A locale in the United States.
   1. A city in Los Angeles County, California.
   2. A city in Iowa.
   3. A census-designated place in Washington; named for nearby Carson Creek.
   4. A town in Wisconsin; named for early settler Samuel Carson.
   5. A city, the county seat of Grant County, North Dakota; named for the two founders, a blend of their surnames: Carter and Pederson.
   6. An unincorporatedcommunity in Kentucky.
   7. An unincorporatedcommunity in Mississippi.
   8. An unincorporatedcommunity in New Mexico; named for American frontiersman Kit Carson.
   9. An unincorporatedcommunity in Oregon; named for early settler Tom Corson.
   10. An unincorporatedcommunity in Virginia.
   11. A ghost town in Missouri; named for local businessman Jack Carson.
5. A desert in the Lahontan Basin of Nevada.
6. A mountain range in eastern California and western Nevada, a spur of the Sierra Nevada.
7. A river in northwestern Nevada; flowing from the confluence of the West Fork Carson and East Fork Carson near Minden into the Carson Sink; named for Kit Carson.
8. A river in northern Western Australia; flowing from the Foster Range at the Drysdale River National Park into the King Edward River near Kalumburu; named for Victoria Squatting Company director David Carson.

Alternative forms

• Carsen (surname)

See also

• Carson City
• Carson County
• Kit Carson County

Anagrams

• Rascon, acorns, acrons, carons, corans, narcos, racons

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Cebuano

Etymology

From English Carson.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: car‧son

Proper noun

Carson

1. a surname from English