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Ashdown

Ashdown proper noun: a surname from Old English.

Proper noun

Ashdown (countable and uncountable, plural Ashdowns)

  1. A surname from Old English.
  2. A city, the county seat of Little River County, Arkansas, United States.

Forms of Ashdown

pluralAshdowns

Origin of Ashdown

Perhaps a habitational surname from a lost place in Berkshire, from Old English æsċ (“ash tree”) + dūn (“mountain, hill”); compare Ashdon, which shares the same etymology. The Battle of Ashdown refers to it.

Questions about Ashdown

What does Ashdown mean?
Ashdown means a surname from Old English.
What part of speech is Ashdown?
Ashdown is a proper noun.

Words near Ashdown in the dictionary

  1. Ashcroft
  2. ashcroftine
  3. Ashcrofts
  4. Ashdod
  5. Ashdon
  6. Ashdown
  7. Ashdowns
  8. ashdump
  9. ashdump door
  10. ashdump doors
  11. ashdumps

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