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Byron

/ˈbaɪɹən/

Byron proper noun: a surname from Old English.

byron: a surname from Old English
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Proper noun

Byron

  1. A surname from Old English.
    1. Lord Byron, George Gordon (Noel) Byron, 6th Baron Byron (January 22, 1788–April 19, 1824), a famous English poet and leading figure in romanticism.
  2. A male given name transferred from the surname, of mostly American usage.
  3. A census-designated place in Contra Costa County, California.
  4. A city in Peach County, Houston County and Crawford County, Georgia.
  5. A city in Ogle County, Illinois.
  6. An unincorporated community in Kankakee Township, LaPorte County, Indiana.
  7. An unincorporated community in Howard Township, Parke County, Indiana.
  8. A town in Oxford County, Maine.
  9. A village in Burns Township, Shiawassee County, Michigan.
  10. A city in Olmsted County, Minnesota.
  11. An unincorporated community in Osage County, Missouri.
  12. A village in Thayer County, Nebraska.
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  1. A ghost town in Clark County, Nevada.
  2. A town in Genesee County, New York.
  3. A small unincorporated community in Greene County, Ohio.
  4. A town in Alfalfa County, Oklahoma.
  5. A town and unincorporated community therein, in Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin.
  6. A town in Monroe County, Wisconsin.
  7. A town in Big Horn County, Wyoming.
  8. A number of townships in the United States, listed under Byron Township.
  9. A neighbourhood of London, Ontario, Canada.
  10. A local government area in northern New South Wales, Australia; in full, Byron Shire.

Origin of Byron

A habitational surname from Old English byrum (“at the byre or cattleshed”).

Words formed from Byron

Questions about Byron

What does Byron mean?
Byron means a surname from Old English.
What part of speech is Byron?
Byron is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce Byron?
Byron is pronounced /ˈbaɪɹən/.

Words near Byron in the dictionary

  1. byroad
  2. byroads
  3. Byrock
  4. Byrom
  5. Byroms
  6. Byron
  7. Byron Bay
  8. Byronesque
  9. Byronian
  10. Byroniana
  11. Byronians

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