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Athelstan

Syllables: Athel·stan/ˈæθ.əlˌstæn/

Athelstan proper noun: a male given name.

Proper noun

Athelstan

  1. (rare) A male given name.
  2. A surname.
  3. A small town south of Huntingdon in Quebec, Canada.
  4. A community in Iowa.
  5. A king of the Anglo-Saxons.

Forms of Athelstan

alternative formAthelstane

Origin of Athelstan

An Anglo-Saxon male given name derived from Old English æþele (“noble”) and stān (“stone”), meaning "Gem". Old English variants are Æþelstān and Æðelstān. In modern English it is also found as Æthelstan, Athelstane, Addleston, Athelston, Athelstone and Ethelstone, usually surnames or place names. It is akin to the Dutch noun edelsteen and German noun and surname Edelstein and the Icelandic male given name Aðalsteinn.

Questions about Athelstan

What does Athelstan mean?
Athelstan means a male given name.
What part of speech is Athelstan?
Athelstan is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce Athelstan?
Athelstan is pronounced /ˈæθ.əlˌstæn/.

Words near Athelstan in the dictionary

  1. atheling
  2. athelings
  3. Athelney
  4. Athelred
  5. athels
  6. Athelstan
  7. Athelstane
  8. athematic
  9. athematically
  10. Athena
  11. athenaea

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