Taunton

American

[tawn-tn, tahn-] / ˈtɔn tn, ˈtɑn- /

noun

a city in SE Massachusetts.
former name of Taunton Deane.

Taunton British

/ ˈtɔːntən /

noun

a market town in SW England, administrative centre of Somerset: scene of Judge Jeffreys' "Bloody Assize" (1685) after the Battle of Sedgemoor. Pop: 58 241 (2001)

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It will examine the events leading up to the deaths of Ian, and University of Nottingham students Barnaby Webber, from Taunton in Somerset, and Grace O'Malley Kumar, from London.

From BBC • Feb. 7, 2026

Then, a perpetrator arrived on Dec. 12 to collect the lobster shipment at a Taunton, Mass., cold-storage center, run by a third party, where a Rexing customer was storing the lobster.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 29, 2025

Costco and the Taunton Police Department didn’t respond to a request for comment.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 29, 2025

Gideon Amos, MP for Taunton and Wellington, said Luke's family were "far from the minority" when it comes to Send support.

From BBC • Sep. 23, 2025

I thus gave no indication of having had a disturbed night when I thanked the landlord and took my leave to explore the market town of Taunton.

From "The Remains of the Day" by Kazuo Ishiguro

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