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Egginton

Egginton proper noun: a village and civil parish in South Derbyshire district, Derbyshire, England (OS grid ref SK2628).

Proper noun

Egginton (countable and uncountable, plural Eggintons)

  1. A village and civil parish in South Derbyshire district, Derbyshire, England (OS grid ref SK2628).
  2. A habitational surname from Old English.

Forms of Egginton

pluralEggintons
alternative formEginton

Origin of Egginton

From the Old English personal name Ecga + -ing (“belonging to”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

Questions about Egginton

What does Egginton mean?
Egginton means a village and civil parish in South Derbyshire district, Derbyshire, England (OS grid ref SK2628).
What part of speech is Egginton?
Egginton is a proper noun.

Words near Egginton in the dictionary

  1. egging
  2. egging on
  3. eggings
  4. Eggington
  5. Eggingtons
  6. Egginton
  7. Eggintons
  8. eggish
  9. egglayer
  10. egglayers
  11. egglaying

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