Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements)

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Stan (Per.), 'a land;' Hindustan. Afghanistan.

Staple (A.S.), 'a store;' Dunstable, Barnstaple.

Stead (A.S.), Stadt (Ger.), 'a town;' as Hampstead, Neustadt, Nysted.

Ster (Scand. stadhr), 'a place;' as Ulster.

Stoc, Stoke, and Stow (A.S.), 'a stockaded place;' as Bristow or Bristol, Tavistock, Stockholm, Stow.

Stone (A.S.), Stein (Ger.), 'a stone,' 'a rock;' as Stanton, Staines, Eddystone, Stennis, Frankenstein.

Strath (Gael.), 'a broad valley;' as Strathmore, Strathblane, Strathearn.

Street (L. stratum), 'a Roman road;' as Stratford, Stratton, Streatham. [See Street in Dict.]

Su (Turk.), 'water;' as Karasu.

Tain (Gael.), 'a river;' as the Tyne, prob. a form of Don.