Charleston
n. 查尔斯顿
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A dance named for the city of Charleston, South Carolina.
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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A number of places in the United States:
A city in Arkansas, and one of the two county seats of Franklin County.
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A number of places in the United States:
A city, the county seat of Coles County, Illinois; after Charles Morton, its first postmaster.
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A town in Maine; after Charles Vaughan, an early settler.
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A number of places in the United States:
A city in Mississippi, and one of the two county seats of Tallahatchie County.
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A number of places in the United States:
A city, the county seat of Mississippi County, Missouri; after either nearby Charles Prairie or the city in South Carolina.
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A number of places in the United States:
A town in New York; after Charles Van Epps, an early settler.
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A number of places in the United States:
A neighborhood of Staten Island, New York; after Charles Kreischer, son of Balthasar Kreischer, after whom the town was previously named (as Kreischerville).
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A city, the county seat of Charleston County, South Carolina; after Charles II of England.
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A city in Tennessee.
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A town in Utah; after Charles Shelton, an early settler.
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A town in Vermont; after a naval battle near the city in South Carolina; the town's early settlers were naval officers.
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A number of places in the United States:
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.
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A community in Nova Scotia, Canada.
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A village in Angus council area, Scotland; after Charles Henderson, proprietor of the village's land before its formation (OS grid ref NO3845).
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A suburb of Dundee, City of Dundee council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NO3532).
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A town in South Australia.
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A coastal village south of Westport, West Coast, New Zealand.
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A surname.
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From Charles + -ton. The places are named after various men named "Charles"; see definitions below.
来源：wiktionary