Prescott

Territorial Arizona capital

Prescott is a proper name—both a surname and a place name.

Several American cities bear the name, most notably Prescott, Arizona, the former territorial capital.

The historian William H.

Prescott wrote influential histories of Spanish conquest.

As a given name, Prescott carries an air of old-money formality: Prescott Bush was the senator's father.

place

Arizona

48th state admitted

Bradshaw · historic · downtown · rodeo · frontier · square · Victorian · territorial · Mingus · Jerome

military

fort

Defensive military installation

  • baseSupporting bottom structure
  • barracksSoldiers' residential building
  • cavalryMounted military force

outpost · garrison · Arizona · veterans · cemetery · frontier · army · national · memorial · camp

surname

William

Male given name

Aztec · Ferdinand · Isabella · Spain · chronicler · American · author · scholar · blindness · narrative

Categories
Opposites
Arizona capital status

PrescottPhoenix

Arizona's capital city

Yuma · state capital · Tucson

Phrases
Family

priest, cottage, Scot

Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Mostly American · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G