Adamstown
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English
Etymology
From Adam + -s- + town or Adams + town. The place on Pitcairn is named after John Adams, one of the mutineers who originally settled there. The place in Ireland is named for Adam Devereux, the one in Maryland for Adam Kohlenburg, and the one in Pennsylvania for William Addams.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Adamstown
- The capital and only settlement of the Pitcairn Islands.
- A village in County Wexford, Ireland
- A census-designated place in Maryland.
- A borough of Pennsylvania.
- A suburb of Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia.
Translations
capital of the Pitcairn Islands
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village in County Wexford, Ireland
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census-designated place in Maryland
borough in Pennsylvania
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- English terms interfixed with -s-
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- English 3-syllable words
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- en:Villages in County Wexford, Ireland
- en:Villages in Ireland
- en:Places in County Wexford, Ireland
- en:Places in Ireland
- en:Census-designated places in Maryland, USA
- en:Census-designated places in the United States
- en:Places in Maryland, USA
- en:Places in the United States
- en:Boroughs in Pennsylvania, USA
- en:Places in Pennsylvania, USA
- en:Suburbs in New South Wales
- en:Places in Newcastle, New South Wales
- en:Places in New South Wales
- en:Places in Australia
- English eponyms
- en:Pitcairn Islands