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Groton

Groton proper noun: a village and civil parish in Babergh district, Suffolk, England (OS grid ref TL9541).

Proper noun

Groton

  1. A village and civil parish in Babergh district, Suffolk, England (OS grid ref TL9541).
  2. A town and city in New London County, Connecticut.
  3. A town in Middlesex County, Massachusetts.
  4. A town in Grafton County, New Hampshire.
  5. A town and village in Tompkins County, New York.
  6. A city in Brown County, South Dakota.
  7. A town in Caledonia County, Vermont.

Origin of Groton

In Suffolk, recorded as Grotena in 1086 (DB), probably from Old English groten + ēa (“sandy or gravelly stream”). Places in the United States were directly or indirectly named after this village.

Words formed from Groton

Questions about Groton

What does Groton mean?
Groton means a village and civil parish in Babergh district, Suffolk, England (OS grid ref TL9541).
What part of speech is Groton?
Groton is a proper noun.

Words near Groton in the dictionary

  1. Grothman
  2. Groths
  3. Grotian
  4. Grotianism
  5. Grotke
  6. Groton
  7. Grotowskian
  8. grots
  9. grotsky
  10. Grotthuss mechanism
  11. Grotthuss mechanisms

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