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Charleston

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Charles·ton 1  (chärlstn)
1. A city of southeast South Carolina northeast of Savannah. Charleston has been a major commercial and cultural center since colonial times. Population: 108,000.
2. The capital and largest city of West Virginia, in the west-central part of the state. The city grew around the site of Fort Lee in the late 1780s. Population: 50,800.

Charles·ton 2  (chärlstn)
n.
A fast ballroom dance in 4/4 time, popular during the 1920s.

[After Charleston1, South Carolina.]

charleston [ˈtʃɑːlstən]
n
(Performing Arts / Dancing) a fast rhythmic dance of the 1920s, characterized by kicking and by twisting of the legs from the knee down
[named after Charleston, South Carolina]

Charleston [ˈtʃɑːlstən]
n
1. (Placename) a city in central West Virginia: the state capital. Pop.: 59 371 (1985 est.)
2. (Placename) a port in SE South Carolina, on the Atlantic: scene of the first action in the Civil War. Pop.: 96 650 (2000)
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.CharlestonCharleston - state capital of West Virginia in the central part of the state on the Kanawha river
Mountain State, West Virginia, WV - a state in east central United States
2.Charleston - a port city in southeastern South Carolina
Palmetto State, SC, South Carolina - a state in the Deep South; one of the original 13 colonies
3.Charleston - an American ballroom dance in syncopated rhythm; popular early in the 20th century
ballroom dance, ballroom dancing - any of a variety of social dances performed by couples in a ballroom
Verb1.Charleston - dance the Charleston
trip the light fantastic, trip the light fantastic toe, dance - move in a pattern; usually to musical accompaniment; do or perform a dance; "My husband and I like to dance at home to the radio"
Translations
charleston [ˈtʃɑːlstən] Ncharlestón m
charleston
nCharleston m


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The subjoined jeu d'esprit with the preceding heading in magnificent capitals, well interspersed with notes of admiration, was originally published, as matter of fact, in the "New York Sun," a daily newspaper, and therein fully subserved the purpose of creating indigestible aliment for the quidnuncs during the few hours intervening between a couple of the Charleston mails.
I've seen a Southerner on being introduced to the King of England hand that monarch, without batting his eyes, the information that his grandaunt on his mother's side was related by marriage to the Perkinses, of Charleston.
The Charleston Baptist Association issued the following, in an address, in 1835 A.
 
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