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Cayton

Cayton proper noun: a village and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England, previously in Scarborough district (OS grid ref TA0583).

Proper noun

Cayton (countable and uncountable, plural Caytons)

  1. A village and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England, previously in Scarborough district (OS grid ref TA0583).
  2. A habitational surname from Old English.

Forms of Cayton

pluralCaytons

Origin of Cayton

From the Old English personal name *Cǣga + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

Questions about Cayton

What does Cayton mean?
Cayton means a village and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England, previously in Scarborough district (OS grid ref TA0583).
What part of speech is Cayton?
Cayton is a proper noun.

Words near Cayton in the dictionary

  1. cays
  2. Cayson
  3. Caysons
  4. caytaxin
  5. Caythorpe
  6. Cayton
  7. caytoniaceous
  8. caytonialean
  9. caytonialeans
  10. Caytons
  11. Cayubaba

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