flagstaff
pronunciation
How to pronounce flagstaff in British English:
UK [ˈflæɡstɑːf]
How to pronounce flagstaff in American English:
US [ ˈflæɡstæf]
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- Noun:
- a tall staff or pole on which a flag is raised
Word Origin
- flagstaff (n.)
- 1610s, from flag (n.) + staff (n.). The settlement in Arizona, U.S., said to have been so called for a July 4, 1876, celebration in which a large flag was flown from a tall tree.
Example
- 1. A flagstaff in front of the building with the largest flag in the world
- 2. There is a flagstaff in the centre of the ground .
- 3. Nobody was as happy to leave flagstaff as I was .
- 4. The gale blew down the flagstaff .
- 5. U.s. transportation officials said that a person was able to post the hoax warning by hacking into an electronic message board in flagstaff , arizona .