Stoke

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Stoke may refer to the following:

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[edit] Place names

[edit] United Kingdom

  • Stoke is one of the most common place names in the United Kingdom and in historical documents.

Originally from the Old English 'stoc' meaning 'place', it came to be used in two special senses, i) a religious place and ii) a secondary settlement (see Roome ISBN 0 7475 0170 X)

It can refer to any of the following places:

[edit] New Zealand

[edit] Football

Stoke City F.C.

[edit] See also

  • Stokes (in particular, stoke is an erroneous singular of stokes (sing. and pl), a unit of kinematic viscosity)
  • Stoked, a film