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Exton

Exton proper noun: a village in Woodbury parish, East Devon district, Devon, England (OS grid ref SX9886).

Proper noun

Exton

  1. A village in Woodbury parish, East Devon district, Devon, England (OS grid ref SX9886).
  2. A village and civil parish in Winchester district, Hampshire, England (OS grid ref SU6121).
  3. A village in Exton and Horn parish, Rutland, England (OS grid ref SK9211).
  4. A village and civil parish in Somerset, England, previously in Somerset West and Taunton district (OS grid ref SS9233).
  5. A rural settlement near Deloraine, Tasmania, Australia.
  6. A census-designated place in Chester County, Pennsylvania, United States.
  7. A surname.

Origin of Exton

# The villages in Devon and Somerset, England: from Old English Ex (“River Exe”) + tūn (“village”), 'the farm or village by the river Exe'. # The village in Hampshire, England: from Old English Ēastseaxe (“East Saxons”), genitive plural, Ēastseaxna + tūn (“estate”), 'the settlement or estate of the East Saxons'. # The village in Rutland, England: from Old English oxa (“ox”), genitive plural *exna + tūn, 'the ox farm'.

Phrases with Exton

Questions about Exton

What does Exton mean?
Exton means a village in Woodbury parish, East Devon district, Devon, England (OS grid ref SX9886).
What part of speech is Exton?
Exton is a proper noun.

Words near Exton in the dictionary

  1. extollments
  2. extolls
  3. extolment
  4. extolments
  5. extols
  6. Exton
  7. Exton and Horn
  8. extonious
  9. extorsion
  10. extorsions
  11. extorsive

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