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Athelstane

Syllables: Athel·stane/ˈæθ.əlˌstæn/

Athelstane is the alternative spelling of Athelstan.

Meaning of Athelstan

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.

Questions about Athelstane

What is Athelstane the alternative spelling of?
Athelstane is the alternative spelling of Athelstan.
How do you pronounce Athelstane?
Athelstane is pronounced /ˈæθ.əlˌstæn/.

Words near Athelstane in the dictionary

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

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Athelstane (page history and authors); Athelstan (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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