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Taunton

American  
[tawn-tn, tahn-] / ˈtɔn tn, ˈtɑn- /

noun

  1. a city in SE Massachusetts.

  2. former name of Taunton Deane.


Taunton British  
/ ˈtɔːntən /

noun

  1. 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)

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Emergency services took the baby to Musgrove Park hospital in Taunton before he was transferred to Bristol Royal Hospital for Children, where he died seven days later.

From BBC Jul. 24, 2026

Rather than facing a dead rubber after another demoralising defeat, they can now clinch the series in a decider in Taunton on Tuesday.

From BBC May 30, 2026

Somerset NHS Foundation Trust said it had addressed the concerns by recruiting staff, combining workforces with Musgrove Park Hospital in Taunton, and improving its facilities and training systems.

From BBC Apr. 21, 2026

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

From The Wall Street Journal Dec. 29, 2025

It is situated on the high street of Taunton, very close to the market square, a somewhat sunken building, its exterior characterized by heavy dark timber beams.

From "The Remains of the Day" by Kazuo Ishiguro

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