Usually means: City in Lancashire, northern England.
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  1. Preston: Merriam-Webster
  2. Preston: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. Preston: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. Preston: Collins English Dictionary
  5. Preston, preston: Wordnik
  6. Preston: Wiktionary
  7. Preston: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  8. Preston: Infoplease Dictionary
  9. Preston: Dictionary.com
  10. Preston (HM Prison), Preston (METRORail station), Preston (UK Parliament constituency), Preston (disambiguation), Preston (electoral district), Preston (singer), Preston (speedway), Preston: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  11. Preston: Rhymezone
  12. Preston: E Cobham Brewer, The Reader's Handbook
  13. Preston: TheFreeDictionary.com

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Definitions from Wiktionary (Preston)

noun:  An industrial city in Lancashire, England.
noun:  Several other places in England:
noun:  A hamlet in Kingsteignton parish, Teignbridge district, Devon (OS grid ref SX8574).
noun:  A suburb of Paignton, Torbay borough, Devon (OS grid ref SX8962).
noun:  A suburban village north-east of Weymouth, Dorset, previously in Weymouth and Portland district (OS grid ref SY7083).
noun:  A village and civil parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire, east of Hull (OS grid ref TA1830).
noun:  A suburb of Brighton, East Sussex, otherwise known as Preston Village (OS grid ref TQ3006)
noun:  A village and civil parish east of Cirencester, Cotswold district, Gloucestershire (OS grid ref SP0400).
noun:  A hamlet in Dymock parish, Forest of Dean district, Gloucestershire (OS grid ref SO6734).
noun:  A suburban area in the borough of Brent, Greater London (OS grid ref TQ1887).
noun:  A village and civil parish in North Hertfordshire district, Hertfordshire, west of Stevenage (OS grid ref TL1824).
noun:  A village and civil parish in Dover district, Kent (OS grid ref TR2561).
noun:  A hamlet in Ellingham parish, northern Northumberland (OS grid ref NU1825).
noun:  A village and civil parish (without a council) north of Uppingham, Rutland (OS grid ref SK8702).
noun:  A hamlet in Upton Magna parish, east of Shrewsbury, Shropshire (OS grid ref SJ5211).
noun:  A hamlet in Stogumber parish, Somerset, previously in West Somerset and Somerset West and Taunton districts (OS grid ref ST0935).
noun:  A suburb of North Shields, Metropolitan Borough of North Tyneside, Tyne and Wear (OS grid ref NZ3569).
noun:  A hamlet in Aldbourne parish and Ramsbury parish, east Wiltshire (OS grid ref SU2774).
noun:  A hamlet in Lyneham and Bradenstoke parish, north-central Wiltshire (OS grid ref SU0378).
noun:  A place in Scotland:
noun:  A suburb of Prestonpans, East Lothian council area (OS grid ref NT3974).
noun:  A hamlet next to East Linton, East Lothian council area (OS grid ref NT5977).
noun:  A village north of Duns, Berwickshire, Scottish Borders council area (OS grid ref NT7957).
noun:  A place in Canada:
noun:  An area in Halifax regional municipality, Nova Scotia.
noun:  A community of Cambridge, Ontario.
noun:  A number of places in Australia:
noun:  A rural locality in the Whitsunday Region, north Queensland.
noun:  A rural locality in Toowoomba Region and Lockyer Valley Region, south Queensland.
noun:  A village in Central Coast council area, Tasmania.
noun:  A suburb of Melbourne, in the City of Darebin, Victoria.
noun:  A number of places in the United States:
noun:  An unincorporated community in Sonoma County, California.
noun:  A ghost town in Summit County, Colorado.
noun:  A town in New London County, Connecticut.
noun:  An unincorporated community, the county seat of Webster County, Georgia.
noun:  A city, the county seat of Franklin County, Idaho.
noun:  An unincorporated community in Randolph County, Illinois.
noun:  A township in Richland County, Illinois.
noun:  An unincorporated community in Harrison Township, Vigo County, Indiana.
noun:  A minor city in Jackson County, Iowa.
noun:  A minor city in Pratt County, Kansas.
noun:  An unincorporated community in Bath County, Kentucky.
noun:  A town in Caroline County, Maryland.
noun:  A city, the county seat of Fillmore County, Minnesota.
noun:  A township in Fillmore County, Minnesota.
noun:  An unincorporated community in Kemper County, Mississippi.
noun:  A village in Hickory County, Missouri.
noun:  An unincorporated community in Jasper County, Missouri.
noun:  An inactive township in Platte County, Missouri.
noun:  A village in Richardson County, Nebraska
noun:  A census-designated place in White Pine County, Nevada.
noun:  A town in Chenango County, New York.
noun:  A neighbourhood of the town of Cary, North Carolina.
noun:  An unincorporated community in Okmulgee County, Oklahoma.
noun:  A township in Wayne County, Pennsylvania.
noun:  A census-designated place in Grayson County, Texas.
noun:  A ghost town in Wharton County, Texas.
noun:  A locality in Henry County, Virginia.
noun:  An unincorporated community in King County, Washington.
noun:  An unincorporated community and coal town in Preston County, West Virginia.
noun:  A town in Adams County, Wisconsin.
noun:  An unincorporated community in the towns of Fennimore and Wingville, Grant County, Wisconsin.
noun:  A town in Trempealeau County, Wisconsin.
noun:  A habitational surname from Old English.
noun:  A male given name transferred from the surname.

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