Maidstone
Maidstone (pronunciáu como meidstoun) ye la capital de la rexón de Kent, nel sureste d'Inglaterra, a cerca de 50 km de Londres. Ye tamién el centru alministrativu del distritu de Maidstone (Borough of Maidstone). Allugar a la vera del ríu Medway nel puntu nel que los ríos tributarios Beult y Teise conflúin a la corriente principal.
Maidstone significa lliteralmente "piedra de les doncelles", lo qu'indica que yera un llugar onde éstes solíen axuntase. En llinguaxe Anglo-Saxón yera Mægthan stan.
Ye unu de los pocos pueblos nel Reinu Xuníu en tener un cráter del planeta Marte nomáu nel so honor.
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