Meaning

noun a facility equipped with special equipment and personnel for a particular purpose

noun proper or designated social situation

noun (nautical) the location to which a ship or fleet is assigned for duty

originFrom Middle English stacioun, borrowed from Anglo-Norman estation, from Latin statiōnem, accusative of statiō (“standing, post, job, position”), whence also Italian stazione. Doublet of stagione. Cognate with Ancient Greek ἵστημι (hístēmi), στάσις (stásis), Old English standan (whence English stand).

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