flagstaff

[ flag-staf, -stahf ]

/ ˈflægˌstæf, -ˌstɑf /

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noun, plural flag·staves, flag·staffs.

flagpole.

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Origin of flagstaff

First recorded in 1605–15; flag¹ + staff¹

Words nearby flagstaff

flags, flag seat, flagship, flag smut, Flagstad, flagstaff, flag station, flagstick, flagstone, flag up, flag-waver

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Flagstaff

[ flag-staf, -stahf ]

/ ˈflægˌstæf, -ˌstɑf /

noun

a city in central Arizona. About 6,900 feet (2,100 meters) high.

How to use flagstaff in a sentence

Floods have hit New York and Flagstaff, Arizona, in recent weeks.
Cities are scrambling to prevent flooding|Casey Crownhart|July 20, 2021|MIT Technology Review
She stood during the four-hour bus ride to Flagstaff for the team’s first cross-country meet of the 2017 season.
Running’s Cultural Reckoning Is Long Overdue|Christine Yu|May 27, 2021|Outside Online
George and the Flagstaff crew are there, as are at least five other parties, and my second emotion, after deep relief, is of overcrowding.
A father-son backpacking trip in the Grand Canyon is an introduction to adventure|John Briley|April 9, 2021|Washington Post
Chad Trujillo is an astronomer at Northern Arizona University in Flagstaff.
Signs of a hidden Planet Nine in our solar system may be an illusion|Lisa Grossman|March 31, 2021|Science News For Students

Until my home of Flagstaff, Arizona, gets more snow, I’m taking notes on these online classes to prep myself for an avy course come spring.
A Beginner’s Guide to Splitboarding|Amelia Arvesen|December 26, 2020|Outside Online
I could see a thunderhead boiling up above Flagstaff, Arizona, 350 miles to the west.
Sky Wars: Richard Branson’s Rival in the Great Space Race|Tom Sykes|October 7, 2014|DAILY BEAST
In 2010, in what it says was the first such effort by a U.S. utility, APS placed panels on 125 homes in Flagstaff—for no charge.
Panel Discussion|The Daily Beast|September 8, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The Flagstaff fire, though a trifling 300 acres, threatened Boulder and activated a top-level fire team.
Colorado Blazes Remind Us That National Policy on Fire Needs a Fix|Stephen J. Pyne|June 29, 2012|DAILY BEAST
At the Flagstaff Tower the 74th and the remainder of the 38th suddenly told their officers that they would obey them no longer.
The Red Year|Louis Tracy
She was officially placed in commission with Old Glory flying proudly at her flagstaff on the 5th day of May, 1919.
A Brief History of the U. S. S. Imperator, one of the two Largest Ships in the U. S. Navy.|Anonymous
There seemed to be a blockhouse on shore, and a kind of earthwork, near which was a flagstaff, but no flag was exhibited.
The British Expedition to the Crimea|William Howard Russell
We could see, ascending the great flagstaff at the end of its halyard, the broad folds of the flag.
The Way of a Man|Emerson Hough
The Federal flag had been struck some time before, and the flagstaff now stood gaunt and undecorated.
The Relief of Mafeking|Filson Young