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Ecton

Ecton proper noun: a village and civil parish in North Northamptonshire district, Northamptonshire, England, east of Northampton, and previously in Wellingborough district (OS grid ref SP8263).

Proper noun

Ecton (countable and uncountable, plural Ectons)

  1. A village and civil parish in North Northamptonshire district, Northamptonshire, England, east of Northampton, and previously in Wellingborough district (OS grid ref SP8263).
  2. A hamlet in Wetton parish, Staffordshire Moorlands district, Staffordshire, England (OS grid ref SK0958).
  3. A habitational surname from Old English.

Forms of Ecton

pluralEctons

Origin of Ecton

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

Questions about Ecton

What does Ecton mean?
Ecton means a village and civil parish in North Northamptonshire district, Northamptonshire, England, east of Northampton, and previously in Wellingborough district (OS grid ref SP8263).
What part of speech is Ecton?
Ecton is a proper noun.

Words near Ecton in the dictionary

  1. ectomycorrhization
  2. ectomycorrhizations
  3. ectomycorrhizosphere
  4. ectomycorrhizospheres
  5. ectomycorrizal
  6. Ecton
  7. ectoneural
  8. Ectons
  9. ectonuclease
  10. ectonucleosidase
  11. ectonucleosidases

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