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Blaydon

/ˈbleɪdən/

Blaydon proper noun: a town in the Metropolitan Borough of Gateshead, Tyne and Wear, England, which is also known as Blaydon-on-Tyne (OS grid ref NZ1863).

Proper noun

Blaydon (countable and uncountable, plural Blaydons)

  1. A town in the Metropolitan Borough of Gateshead, Tyne and Wear, England, which is also known as Blaydon-on-Tyne (OS grid ref NZ1863).
  2. A habitational surname from Old English.

Forms of Blaydon

pluralBlaydons

Origin of Blaydon

Perhaps from Old English blāw (“blue”) + dūn (“hill”).

Questions about Blaydon

What does Blaydon mean?
Blaydon means a town in the Metropolitan Borough of Gateshead, Tyne and Wear, England, which is also known as Blaydon-on-Tyne (OS grid ref NZ1863).
What part of speech is Blaydon?
Blaydon is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce Blaydon?
Blaydon is pronounced /ˈbleɪdən/.

Words near Blaydon in the dictionary

  1. blaxploitationers
  2. blaxploitative
  3. blaxploiter
  4. blaxploiters
  5. blay
  6. Blaydon
  7. Blaydons
  8. Blaylock
  9. Blaylocks
  10. Blayne
  11. Blayney

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