Stockton

[ stok-tuh n ]
/ ˈstɒk tən /

noun

Frank R.Francis Richard Stockton,1834–1902, U.S. novelist and short-story writer.
John,born 1962, U.S. basketball player.
a city in central California, on the San Joaquin River.

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British Dictionary definitions for stockton (1 of 2)

Stockton1
/ (ˈstɒktən) /

noun

an inland port in central California, on the San Joaquin River: seat of the University of the Pacific (1851). Pop: 271 466 (2003 est)

British Dictionary definitions for stockton (2 of 2)

Stockton2
/ (ˈstɒktən) /

noun

1st Earl of. title of (Maurice Harold) Macmillan
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