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Garton

Garton proper noun: a village in East Garton parish, East Riding of Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref TA2635).

Proper noun

Garton (countable and uncountable, plural Gartons)

  1. A village in East Garton parish, East Riding of Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref TA2635).
  2. A civil parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England, which includes the village of Garton on the Wolds.
  3. (countable) A habitational surname from Old English.

Forms of Garton

pluralGartons

Origin of Garton

From Old English gāra (“triangular plot of land”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

Words formed from Garton

Questions about Garton

What does Garton mean?
Garton means a village in East Garton parish, East Riding of Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref TA2635).
What part of speech is Garton?
Garton is a proper noun.

Words near Garton in the dictionary

  1. Gartner's duct
  2. Gartner's ducts
  3. Gartnerian
  4. Gartness
  5. Gartocharn
  6. Garton
  7. Gartons
  8. Gartred
  9. Gartrell
  10. gartrellite
  11. Gartrells

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