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Edenton

Edenton proper noun: a town, the county seat of Chowan County, North Carolina, United States.

Proper noun

Edenton

  1. A town, the county seat of Chowan County, North Carolina, United States.
  2. An unincorporated community in Clermont County, Ohio, United States.

Origin of Edenton

From Eden + -ton, named after Charles Eden in North Carolina.

Questions about Edenton

What does Edenton mean?
Edenton means a town, the county seat of Chowan County, North Carolina, United States.
What part of speech is Edenton?
Edenton is a proper noun.

Words near Edenton in the dictionary

  1. edentals
  2. edentate
  3. edentated
  4. edentates
  5. edentation
  6. Edenton
  7. edentulate
  8. edentulism
  9. edentulosity
  10. edentulous
  11. edentulousness

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