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Dumbleton

Dumbleton proper noun: a village and civil parish in Tewkesbury borough, Gloucestershire, England (OS grid ref SP0136).

Proper noun

Dumbleton (countable and uncountable, plural Dumbletons)

  1. A village and civil parish in Tewkesbury borough, Gloucestershire, England (OS grid ref SP0136).
  2. A rural locality in the Mackay Region of Queensland, Australia.
  3. (countable) A habitational surname from Old English.

Forms of Dumbleton

pluralDumbletons

Origin of Dumbleton

From Old English dumbel (“shady hollow”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement”).

Questions about Dumbleton

What does Dumbleton mean?
Dumbleton means a village and civil parish in Tewkesbury borough, Gloucestershire, England (OS grid ref SP0136).
What part of speech is Dumbleton?
Dumbleton is a proper noun.

Words near Dumbleton in the dictionary

  1. Dumbledorean
  2. dumbledores
  3. Dumbledorian
  4. dumbledors
  5. dumbles
  6. Dumbleton
  7. Dumbletons
  8. dumbling
  9. dumblings
  10. dumbly
  11. dumbness

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