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Etton

Etton proper noun: a village and civil parish in the City of Peterborough district, Cambridgeshire, England (OS grid ref TF1406).

Proper noun

Etton (countable and uncountable, plural Ettons)

  1. A village and civil parish in the City of Peterborough district, Cambridgeshire, England (OS grid ref TF1406).
  2. A village and civil parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE9843).
  3. A habitational surname from Old English.

Forms of Etton

pluralEttons

Origin of Etton

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

Questions about Etton

What does Etton mean?
Etton means a village and civil parish in the City of Peterborough district, Cambridgeshire, England (OS grid ref TF1406).
What part of speech is Etton?
Etton is a proper noun.

Words near Etton in the dictionary

  1. ettle
  2. ettled
  3. ettles
  4. ettling
  5. ettlings
  6. Etton
  7. Ettons
  8. Ettore
  9. Ettore's observation
  10. Ettrick
  11. Ettrick and Lauderdale

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