Stockton
[ stok-tuhn ]
/ ˈstɒk tən /
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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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/ (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)
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