Dictionary Definition

Flagstaff

1 a town in north central Arizona; site of an important observatory

2 a tall staff or pole on which a flag is raised [syn: flagpole]

User Contributed Dictionary

Flagstaff, from a staff for erecting a flag, can refer to:

Flagpole (structure), from which a ship's colours are shown
Flagstaff, Arizona, a city in Arizona, United States, home of the Lowell Observatory
Flagstaff, Maine, a ghost town 20 miles north of Orgonon, Maine, United States of America
Flagstaff, New Zealand, a hill above Dunedin, New Zealand
Flagstaff, Hamilton, a suburb of Hamilton, New Zealand
Flagstaff County, Alberta, a county in Alberta, Canada
Flagstaff Gardens, a park in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
- Flagstaff railway station, Melbourne, a railway station named for the gardens

'USNS Flagstaff (AGM-21)', a temporary name of USNS Mission San Juan (AO-126), a United States Navy ship of several different classes during her lifetime