Taft

See also: taft

English

Etymology

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In the United States, many of the places established since 1909 are named after William Howard Taft.

Pronunciation

• enPR: tăft, IPA^(key): /tæft/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Proper noun

Taft (countable and uncountable, plural Tafts)

1. A surname.
2. A number of places in the United States:
   1. A city in Kern County, California.
   2. A census-designated place in Orange County, Florida.
   3. A census-designated place and industrial area in St. Charles Parish, Louisiana.
   4. An unincorporated community in Grand Lake Township, Saint Louis County, Minnesota.
   5. An unincorporated community in Butler County, Missouri.
   6. A locality in Mineral County, Montana.
   7. A town in Muskogee County, Oklahoma.
   8. A community in Lincoln City, Lincoln County, Oregon.
   9. An unincorporated community in Lincoln County, Tennessee.
   10. A city in San Patricio County, Texas.
   11. An unincorporated community in Lancaster County, Virginia.
   12. A town in Taylor County, Wisconsin.
3. Places in the Philippines, named after William Howard Taft (a former Governor General of the Philippines).
   1. A barangay of Pakil, Laguna, Philippines.
   2. A barangay of Tapaz, Capiz, Philippines.
   3. A municipality of Eastern Samar, Philippines.

      Coordinate terms: Arteche, Balangiga, Balangkayan, Borongan, Can-Avid, Dolores, General MacArthur, Giporlos, Guiuan, Hernani, Jipapad, Lawaan, Llorante, Maslog, Maydolong, Mercedes, Oras, Quinapondan, Salcedo, San Julian, San Policarpo, Sulat, Taft — cities and municipalities of Eastern Samar

   4. A barangay of Surigao, Surigao del Norte, Philippines.

Derived terms

• Abeto Mirasol Taft South
• Buhang Taft North
• Taftian
• THT & P

Descendants

• → Cebuano: Taft
• → Tagalog: Taft

Cebuano

Etymology 1

From English Taft.

Proper noun

Taft

1. a surname from English

Etymology 2

After William Howard Taft.

Proper noun

Taft

1. a municipality of Eastern Samar

Czech

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈtaft]

Proper noun

Taft m anim (female equivalent Taftová)

1. a male surname

Declension

Declension of Taft (hard masculine animate)

	singular	plural
nominative	Taft	Taftové
genitive	Tafta	Taftů
dative	Taftovi	Taftům
accusative	Tafta	Tafty
vocative	Tafte	Taftové
locative	Taftovi	Taftech
instrumental	Taftem	Tafty

Further reading

• “Taft”, in Příjmení.cz (in Czech)

German

Pronunciation

• Audio (Germany (Berlin)):

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Noun

Taft m (strong, genitive Taftes or Tafts, plural Tafte)

1. taffeta

Declension

Declension of Taft [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Taft	die	Tafte
genitive	eines	des	Taftes, Tafts	der	Tafte
dative	einem	dem	Taft, Tafte1	den	Taften
accusative	einen	den	Taft	die	Tafte

¹Now rare, see notes.

Derived terms

• taften

Tagalog

Etymology

Named after William Howard Taft.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈtaft/ [ˈt̪aft̪]
  • IPA^(key): (with nativization) /ˈtapt/ [ˈt̪apt̪]
• Rhymes: -aft, (with nativization) -apt
• Syllabification: Taft

Proper noun

Taft (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜉ᜔ᜆ᜔)

1. a municipality of Eastern Samar, Philippines