Flagstaff

Flagstaff

Flagstaff, from a staff for displaying a flag, can refer to:

* Flagpole (structure), from which a ship's colours are shown
* Flagstaff, Arizona, a city in Arizona, United States, home of the historic Lowell Observatory and the Northern Arizona University.
** the Lowell Observatory at Flagstaff, Arizona, when recording astronomical observations
* Flagstaff, Maine, a ghost town 20 miles north of Orgonon, Maine, United States of America
* Flagstaff, Otago, a hill above Dunedin, New Zealand
* Flagstaff, Waikato, a suburb of Hamilton, New Zealand
* Flagstaff County, Alberta, a county in Alberta, Canada
* Flagstaff Gardens, a park in Melbourne, Australia
** Flagstaff railway station, Melbourne, a railway station named for these gardens

ee also

* Flagstaff Hill
* Mars Hill


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  • Flagstaff, AZ — U.S. city in Arizona Population (2000): 52894 Housing Units (2000): 21396 Land area (2000): 63.579496 sq. miles (164.670132 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.036838 sq. miles (0.095411 sq. km) Total area (2000): 63.616334 sq. miles (164.765543 sq. km) …   StarDict's U.S. Gazetteer Places

  • Flagstaff — Flag staff , n.; pl. { staves}or { staffs}. A staff[4] on which a flag is hoisted. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Flagstaff —   [ flægstɑːf], Stadt in Arizona, USA, 2 100 m über dem Meeresspiegel, auf dem Coloradoplateau am Fuße der San Francisco Peaks, 45 900 Einwohner; Sitz der Northern Arizona University und Zentrum der astronomischen Forschung (u. a. Lowell… …   Universal-Lexikon

  • flagstaff — (n.) 1610s, from FLAG (Cf. flag) (n.) + STAFF (Cf. staff) (n.). The settlement in Arizona, U.S., so called for a July 4, 1876, celebration in which a large flag was flown from a tall tree …   Etymology dictionary

  • flagstaff — [flag′staf΄] n. a flagpole …   English World dictionary

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