Stark

See also: stark, stärk, and stærk

English

Etymology

• As a Scottish and English surname, from the adjective stark.
• As a Jewish, German, and Swedish surname, from stark (“strong”), related to the above. This surname also appears in Czech and Slovak as Štark.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /stɑɹk/
• Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)k

Proper noun

Stark (countable and uncountable, plural Starks)

1. A surname.
2. A number of places in the United States:
   1. An unincorporated community in Butts County, Georgia.
   2. An unincorporated community in Stark County, Illinois.
   3. A tiny city in Neosho County, Kansas.
   4. An unincorporated community in Elliott County, Kentucky.
   5. An unincorporated community in Pike County, Missouri.
   6. A small town in Coos County, New Hampshire.
   7. A small town in Herkimer County, New York, named after John Stark.
   8. An unincorporated community in Boone County, West Virginia.
   9. A small town in Vernon County, Wisconsin.

Derived terms

• Phony Stark
• Stark City, Missouri
• Stark County
• Stark-Einstein law
• Starkville

Noun

Stark (uncountable)

1. (fiction) The language spoken in the Ender's Game series, which is nearly identical to American English.

Anagrams

• Karst, Trask, karst, karts, skart