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Foxton

Foxton proper noun: a village and civil parish in South Cambridgeshire district, Cambridgeshire (OS grid ref TL4148).

Proper noun

Foxton (countable and uncountable, plural Foxtons)

  1. A village and civil parish in South Cambridgeshire district, Cambridgeshire (OS grid ref TL4148).
  2. A small village in Sedgefield parish, County Durham (OS grid ref NZ3624).
  3. A village and civil parish in Harborough district, Leicestershire (OS grid ref SP7090).
  4. A hamlet in Thimbleby parish, North Yorkshire, previously in Hambleton district (OS grid ref SE4296).
  5. A town in Manawatū-Whanganui, New Zealand.
  6. An unincorporated community in Jefferson County, Colorado, United States.
  7. (countable) A habitational surname from Old English.

Forms of Foxton

pluralFoxtons

Origin of Foxton

From Old English fox (“fox”) + either tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”) or denu (“valley”).

Questions about Foxton

What does Foxton mean?
Foxton means a village and civil parish in South Cambridgeshire district, Cambridgeshire (OS grid ref TL4148).
What part of speech is Foxton?
Foxton is a proper noun.

Words near Foxton in the dictionary

  1. foxtail saw
  2. foxtail saws
  3. foxtails
  4. foxtaur
  5. foxtaurs
  6. Foxton
  7. Foxtons
  8. Foxtrap
  9. foxtress
  10. foxtresses
  11. foxtrot

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