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Cranston

KRANS-tuhn
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A habitational surname from Old English, also the name of a city in Rhode Island and a parish in Scotland.
"They moved to Cranston after college."

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Cranstons plural

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Etymology

From the genitive form of Old English cran ("crane") plus tūn ("enclosure; settlement").

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