Stoke

== English == === Etymology === From Old English stoc (“place”). === Pronunciation === === Proper noun === Stoke Ellipsis of Stoke-on-Trent, a city in Staffordshire, England. A former civil parish in Cheshire East, Cheshire, now merged into Stoke and Hurleston civil parish. A village on Hayling Island, Hampshire, England (OS grid ref SU7102). A village and civil parish in Medway borough, Kent, England; the parish includes Lower Stoke and Middle Stoke (OS grid ref TQ8275). An eastern suburb of Coventry, West Midlands, England (there are a few places in Coventry with other affixes of Stoke) (OS grid ref SP3679). A civil parish in Bromsgrove district, Worcestershire, England. An outer suburb of Nelson, New Zealand, not far from Richmond, named after Stoke-by-Nayland in England. ==== Usage notes ==== Stoke is also incorporated into many other English place names, which will be listed below. ==== Derived terms ==== === References === === Anagrams === ketos, tokes