a market town in SW England, administrative centre of Somerset: scene of Judge Jeffreys' "Bloody Assize" (1685) after the Battle of Sedgemoor. Pop: 58 241 (2001)
Taunton in American English
(ˈtɔntən; ˈtɑntən)
1.
city in SE Mass.: pop. 56,000
2.
county seat of Somerset, SW England: county district pop. 94,000