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Cawston

Cawston proper noun: a village and civil parish in Broadland district, Norfolk, England (OS grid ref TG136312).

Proper noun

Cawston (countable and uncountable, plural Cawstons)

  1. A village and civil parish in Broadland district, Norfolk, England (OS grid ref TG136312).
  2. A village and civil parish in Rugby borough, Warwickshire, England (OS grid ref SP4773).
  3. A rural community in the Regional District of Okanagan-Similkameen, British Columbia, Canada, named after rancher R. L. Cawston.
  4. A habitational surname.

Forms of Cawston

pluralCawstons
alternative formCason

Origin of Cawston

Recorded as Caustune in the Domesday Book, it probably derives from the genitive case of the Old Norse personal name Kalfr + -s- + Old English tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

Questions about Cawston

What does Cawston mean?
Cawston means a village and civil parish in Broadland district, Norfolk, England (OS grid ref TG136312).
What part of speech is Cawston?
Cawston is a proper noun.

Words near Cawston in the dictionary

  1. Cawood
  2. Cawoods
  3. cawquaw
  4. caws
  5. Cawson
  6. Cawston
  7. Cawstons
  8. Cawte
  9. Cawthon
  10. Cawthons
  11. Cawthorn

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