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Gatton

Gatton proper noun: a surname from Old English.

Proper noun

Gatton (countable and uncountable, plural Gattons)

  1. A surname from Old English.
  2. A small village in Reigate and Banstead borough, Surrey, England (OS grid ref TQ2753).
  3. A rural town in Lockyer Valley Region, Queensland, Australia.

Forms of Gatton

pluralGattons
alternative formGatten

Origin of Gatton

Habitational surname for someone from Gatton, Surrey, from Old English gāt (“goat”) + tūn (“settlement”).

Questions about Gatton

What does Gatton mean?
Gatton means a surname from Old English.
What part of speech is Gatton?
Gatton is a proper noun.

Words near Gatton in the dictionary

  1. gattest
  2. Gatti
  3. gattine
  4. gatting
  5. Gattis
  6. Gatton
  7. Gattons
  8. Gattopardian
  9. gattopardism
  10. Gatts
  11. Gattuso

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