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Crediton

Crediton proper noun: a town and civil parish with a town council in Mid Devon district, Devon, England (OS grid ref SS8300).

Proper noun

Crediton

  1. A town and civil parish with a town council in Mid Devon district, Devon, England (OS grid ref SS8300).

Origin of Crediton

From Old English Cridiantūn, (recorded as Chritetona in the 1086 Domesday Book), farmstead or estate on the River Creedy, equivalent to Creedy + -ton.

Words formed from Crediton

Questions about Crediton

What does Crediton mean?
Crediton means a town and civil parish with a town council in Mid Devon district, Devon, England (OS grid ref SS8300).
What part of speech is Crediton?
Crediton is a proper noun.

Words near Crediton in the dictionary

  1. creditings
  2. creditism
  3. creditisms
  4. creditless
  5. creditlessness
  6. Crediton
  7. Crediton Hamlets
  8. creditor
  9. creditor's rights
  10. creditors
  11. creditorship

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