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Allerton

Allerton proper noun: a suburb and ward in Liverpool, Merseyside, England (OS grid ref SJ4086).

Proper noun

Allerton

  1. A suburb and ward in Liverpool, Merseyside, England (OS grid ref SJ4086).
  2. A suburb of Bradford, West Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE1134).
  3. A village in Sidell Township, Vermilion County, Illinois, United States.
  4. A minor city in Wayne County, Iowa, United States.
  5. A neighborhood of the Bronx, New York City.
  6. A habitational surname from Old English.

Origin of Allerton

The name of the English location is possibly from Old English alor (“alder”) + -tun, or possibly it was named for Alfred the Great. It is in the Domesday Book as Alvertune.

Words formed from Allerton

Phrases with Allerton

Questions about Allerton

What does Allerton mean?
Allerton means a suburb and ward in Liverpool, Merseyside, England (OS grid ref SJ4086).
What part of speech is Allerton?
Allerton is a proper noun.

Words near Allerton in the dictionary

  1. allergylike
  2. allerion
  3. allerions
  4. allers
  5. Allerston
  6. Allerton
  7. Allerton Mauleverer
  8. Allerton Mauleverer with Hopperton
  9. Allerum
  10. alles anderes ist Menschenwerk
  11. allescheriasis

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