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Dunton

Dunton proper noun: a village and civil parish in Central Bedfordshire district, Bedfordshire, England (OS grid ref TL2344).

Proper noun

Dunton (countable and uncountable, plural Duntons)

  1. A village and civil parish in Central Bedfordshire district, Bedfordshire, England (OS grid ref TL2344).
  2. A village and civil parish in Buckinghamshire, England, previously in Aylesbury Vale district (OS grid ref SP822241).
  3. A village and civil parish in North Norfolk district, Norfolk, England (OS grid ref TF879303).
  4. (countable) A habitational surname from Old English.

Forms of Dunton

pluralDuntons

Origin of Dunton

From Old English dūn (“hill”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

Words formed from Dunton

Questions about Dunton

What does Dunton mean?
Dunton means a village and civil parish in Central Bedfordshire district, Bedfordshire, England (OS grid ref TL2344).
What part of speech is Dunton?
Dunton is a proper noun.

Words near Dunton in the dictionary

  1. dunter geese
  2. dunter goose
  3. dunters
  4. dunting
  5. Duntley
  6. Dunton
  7. Dunton Green
  8. Duntons
  9. Duntroon
  10. Duntroonian
  11. dunts

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