Definition of "Charleston"

A number of places in the United States:

1. A city in Arkansas, and one of the two county seats of Franklin County.  examples

2. A city, the county seat of Coles County, Illinois; after Charles Morton, its first postmaster.  examples

3. A town in Maine; after Charles Vaughan, an early settler.  examples

4. A city in Mississippi, and one of the two county seats of Tallahatchie County.  examples

5. A city, the county seat of Mississippi County, Missouri; after either nearby Charles Prairie or the city in South Carolina.  examples

6. A town in New York; after Charles Van Epps, an early settler.  examples

7. A neighborhood of Staten Island, New York City; after Charles Kreischer, son of Balthasar Kreischer, after whom the town was previously named (as Kreischerville).  examples

8. A city, the county seat of Charleston County, South Carolina; after Charles II of England.  examples

9. A city in Tennessee.  examples

10. A town in Utah; after Charles Shelton, an early settler.  examples

11. A town in Vermont; after a naval battle near the city in South Carolina; the town's early settlers were naval officers.  examples

12. 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.  examples

A community in Nova Scotia, Canada.  examples

A village in Angus council area, Scotland; after Charles Henderson, proprietor of the village's land before its formation.  examples

An area of Dundee, Scotland.  examples

A town in South Australia.  examples

A coastal village south of Westport, West Coast, New Zealand.  examples

(preceded by definite article) A dance named for the city of Charleston, South Carolina.  examples