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beginning, bubbler, castalia, fount, fountainhead, geyser, jet, jet d'eau, origin, reservoir, source, spray

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Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1) - Cite This Source - Share This

foun·tain

[foun-tn] Pronunciation Key

–noun

1.	a spring or source of water; the source or head of a stream.

2.	the source or origin of anything.

3.	a jet or stream of water (or other liquid) made by mechanical means to spout or rise from an opening or structure, as to afford water for use, to cool the air, or to serve for ornament.

4.	a structure for discharging such a jet or a number of jets, often an elaborate or artistic work with basins, sculptures, etc.

5.	drinking fountain.

6.	soda fountain.

7.	a reservoir for a liquid to be supplied gradually or continuously, as in a fountain pen.

8.	Heraldry. a roundel barry-wavy, argent and azure.

[Origin: 1375–1425; late ME fontayne < OF fontaine < LL fontāna, n. use of fem. of L fontānus of a spring, equiv. to font- (s. of fons) spring + -ānus -an

]

—Related forms

fountained, adjective

foun·tain·less, adjective

foun·tain·like, adjective

—Synonyms 2. birthplace, cradle, genesis, wellspring.

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foun·tain (foun'tən) Pronunciation Key
n.

1. An artificially created jet or stream of water.
2. A structure, often decorative, from which a jet or stream of water issues.
A spring, especially the source of a stream.
A reservoir or chamber containing a supply of liquid that can be siphoned off as needed.
A soda fountain.
A drinking fountain.
A point of origin or dissemination; a source: the library, a fountain of information.

intr. & tr.v. foun·tained, foun·tain·ing, foun·tains
To flow or cause to flow like a fountain.

[Middle English, from Old French fontaine, from Late Latin fontāna, from Latin, feminine of fontānus, of a spring, from fōns, font-, spring.]

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Online Etymology Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
fountain

c.1410, "spring of water that collects in a pool," from O.Fr. fontaine "natural spring," from L.L. fontana "fountain, spring," from L. fem. of fontanus "of a spring," from fons (gen. fontis) "spring (of water);" cognate with Skt. dhanvati "flows, runs." The extended sense of "artificial jet of water" (and the structures that make them) is first recorded 1509. Fountainhead "spring from which a stream flows" first recorded 1585. "A French fountain-pen is described in 1658 and Miss Burney used one in 1789" [Weekley].

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fountain
noun
1.	a structure from which an artificially produced jet of water arises
2.	a natural flow of ground water [syn: spring]
3.	an artificially produced flow of water
4.	a plumbing fixture that provides a flow of water

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Fountain City, IN (town, FIPS 25090) Location: 39.95587 N, 84.91785 W
Population (1990): 766 (303 housing units)
Area: 1.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 47341

Fountain Valley, CA (city, FIPS 25380) Location: 33.71090 N, 117.95032 W
Population (1990): 53691 (18019 housing units)
Area: 23.1 sq km (land), 0.2 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 92708

Fountain Run, KY (city, FIPS 28666) Location: 36.72215 N, 85.96045 W
Population (1990): 259 (128 housing units)
Area: 2.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 42133

Fountain Inn, SC (town, FIPS 27070) Location: 34.69352 N, 82.20061 W
Population (1990): 4388 (1687 housing units)
Area: 12.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 29644

Fountain Hills, AZ (town, FIPS 25300) Location: 33.60535 N, 111.74111 W
Population (1990): 10030 (5061 housing units)
Area: 43.3 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 85268

Fountain Hill, AR (town, FIPS 24670) Location: 33.35693 N, 91.85086 W
Population (1990): 195 (86 housing units)
Area: 1.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 71642

Fountain City, WI (city, FIPS 26850) Location: 44.11975 N, 91.69777 W
Population (1990): 938 (417 housing units)
Area: 11.5 sq km (land), 2.9 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 54629

Fountain Hill, PA (borough, FIPS 27008) Location: 40.60255 N, 75.39667 W
Population (1990): 4637 (1936 housing units)
Area: 1.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)

Fountain Green, UT (city, FIPS 26720) Location: 39.62769 N, 111.63856 W
Population (1990): 578 (223 housing units)
Area: 3.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)

Fountain County, IN (county, FIPS 45) Location: 40.12273 N, 87.24440 W
Population (1990): 17808 (7344 housing units)
Area: 1024.9 sq km (land), 5.8 sq km (water)

Fountain, MN (city, FIPS 22094) Location: 43.74073 N, 92.13400 W
Population (1990): 327 (132 housing units)
Area: 2.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 55935

Fountain, MI (village, FIPS 29940) Location: 44.04778 N, 86.17949 W
Population (1990): 165 (79 housing units)
Area: 2.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 49410

Fountain, FL Zip code(s): 32438

Fountain, CO (city, FIPS 27865) Location: 38.66689 N, 104.69329 W
Population (1990): 9984 (3789 housing units)
Area: 36.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 80817

Fountain, NC (town, FIPS 24440) Location: 35.67414 N, 77.63708 W
Population (1990): 445 (216 housing units)
Area: 1.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 27829

U.S. Gazetteer, U.S. Census Bureau

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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

Fountain

Fon"ta*nel`\, n. [F. fontanelle, prop., a little fountain, fr. fontaine fountain. See Fountain.]

1. (Med.) An issue or artificial ulcer for the discharge of humors from the body.[Obs.] --Wiseman.

2. (Anat.) One of the membranous intervals between the incompleted angles of the parietal and neighboring bones of a fetal or young skull; -- so called because it exhibits a rhythmical pulsation.

Note: In the human fetus there are six fontanels, of which the anterior, or bregmatic, situated at the junction of the coronal and sagittal sutures, is much the largest, and remains open a considerable time after birth.

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