- a vigorous, rhythmic ballroom dance popular in the 1920s.
- to dance the Charleston.
- a seaport in SE South Carolina.
- a city in and the capital of West Virginia, in the W part.
- a city in E central Illinois.
- a fast rhythmic dance of the 1920s, characterized by kicking and by twisting of the legs from the knee down
- a city in central West Virginia: the state capital. Pop: 51 394 (2003 est)
- a port in SE South Carolina, on the Atlantic: scene of the first action in the Civil War. Pop: 101 024 (2003 est)