"Scranton" meaning in English

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Proper name

Forms: Scrantons [plural]
Head templates: {{en-proper noun|~|Scrantons}} Scranton (countable and uncountable, plural Scrantons)
  1. A surname. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-Scranton-en-name-EMUC1F3L Categories (other): English surnames
  2. A city, the county seat of Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania, United States. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (place): Cities in Pennsylvania, USA, Cities in the United States, Places in Pennsylvania, USA, Places in the United States Translations (city in Pennsylvania): Scrantonia [feminine] (Latin)
    Sense id: en-Scranton-en-name-aCFGmaEs Categories (other): County seats of Pennsylvania, USA, English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 4 96 Disambiguation of 'city in Pennsylvania': 2 98

Inflected forms

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