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Stockport

/ˈstɒkpɔːt/ · name

Meaning

  1. A market town and metropolitan borough of Greater Manchester, England (OS grid ref SJ8990).
  2. A town in South Australia.
  3. An unincorporated community in Delaware County, Indiana.
  4. A town in Columbia County, New York.
  5. A habitational surname from Old English.
  6. A city in Van Buren County, Iowa.
  7. A village in Morgan County, Ohio.

Etymology / origin

From Old English stoc (“house, dwelling; place”) + port (“port; market town”).

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