Stoke-on-Trent

[ stohk-on-trent, -awn- ]

noun

1. a city in N Staffordshire, in central England, on the Trent River: pottery and china.

Stoke-on-Trent

noun

1. a city in central England, in Stoke-on-Trent unitary authority, Staffordshire on the River Trent: a centre of the pottery industry; university (1992). Pop: 259 252 (2001)
2. a unitary authority in central England, in N Staffordshire. Pop: 238 000 (2003 est). Area: 93 sq km (36 sq miles)

Example Sentences

She said patients awaiting this surgery would be able to have it carried out at the Royal Stoke University Hospital in Stoke-on-Trent "in the short term".

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In 2011, Stoke-on-Trent Crown Court heard Beech and Foster ran a pipe into the mosque from a nearby gas meter in a bid to spark an explosion.

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Simon Beech, 36, of Chell Heath, appeared at Stoke-on-Trent Crown Court on Monday after being involved in riots in Hanley on 3 August.

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The hearing has also been told Mrs Baker, a Birmingham secondary school teacher who was born in Stoke-on-Trent and lived in Solihull, had a “skin-sparing” mastectomy in 2005, after being advised there was no additional risk to the reconstructive part of the procedure.

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In 2010, Stoke-on-Trent Council was left facing a £329,000 claim from Hanford Waste Services for not sending enough waste to be incinerated.

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