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Botten

/ˈbɒtən/

Botten proper noun: a surname.

Proper noun

Botten (plural Bottens)

  1. A surname.

Forms of Botten

pluralBottens

Origin of Botten

Various origins: * English metonymic occupational surname for a maker or seller of buttons, variant of Button. * English topographic surname for someone who lived in a valley, from Old Norse botn (“valley bottom”), or a habitational surname from a place named with this word, like Botton, North Yorkshire. This sense also appears as a Norwegian surname, from the same Old Norse word. Compare Botner.

Questions about Botten

What does Botten mean?
Botten means a surname.
What part of speech is Botten?
Botten is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce Botten?
Botten is pronounced /ˈbɒtən/.

Words near Botten in the dictionary

  1. Bottchers
  2. botted
  3. bottega
  4. bottegas
  5. botteghe
  6. Botten
  7. Bottens
  8. botter
  9. Botteri's sparrow
  10. Botteri's sparrows
  11. botters

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