Meaning of Charleston | Babel Free

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1. A number of places in the United States:
2. A city in Arkansas, and one of the two county seats of Franklin County.
3. A dance named for the city of Charleston, South Carolina.
4. A city, the county seat of Coles County, Illinois; after Charles Morton, its first postmaster.
5. A town in Maine; after Charles Vaughan, an early settler.
6. A city in Mississippi, and one of the two county seats of Tallahatchie County.
7. A city, the county seat of Mississippi County, Missouri; after either nearby Charles Prairie or the city in South Carolina.
8. A town in New York; after Charles Van Epps, an early settler.
9. A neighborhood of Staten Island, New York; after Charles Kreischer, son of Balthasar Kreischer, after whom the town was previously named (as Kreischerville).
10. A city, the county seat of Charleston County, South Carolina; after Charles II of England.
11. A city in Tennessee.
12. A town in Utah; after Charles Shelton, an early settler.
13. A town in Vermont; after a naval battle near the city in South Carolina; the town's early settlers were naval officers.
14. The capital city of West Virginia, United States and the county seat of Kanawha County; perhaps after Charles Clendenin, the father of an early settler.
15. A community in Nova Scotia, Canada.
16. A village in Angus council area, Scotland; after Charles Henderson, proprietor of the village's land before its formation (OS grid ref NO3845).
17. A suburb of Dundee, City of Dundee council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NO3532).
18. A town in South Australia.
19. A coastal village south of Westport, West Coast, New Zealand.

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“Dans told CNN he will formally launch his campaign with a prayer breakfast Wednesday in Charleston.”

“Dubbed “the Black Venus”, she danced the charleston in nothing but a string of pearls and a skirt made of 16 rubber bananas, performed with a snake wrapped suggestively round her neck, strolled down the Champs-Élysées with her pet cheetah, and became an international superstar. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/nov/28/dancer-singer-spy-frances-pantheon-to-honour-josephine-baker”

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