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Gunton

Gunton proper noun: a railway station in Thorpe Market parish, North Norfolk district, Norfolk, England, named after Gunton Hall some distance away (OS grid ref TG2535).

Proper noun

Gunton (countable and uncountable, plural Guntons)

  1. A railway station in Thorpe Market parish, North Norfolk district, Norfolk, England, named after Gunton Hall some distance away (OS grid ref TG2535).
  2. A northern suburb of Lowestoft, East Suffolk district, Suffolk, England (OS grid ref TM5495).
  3. A community in the Rural Municipality of Rockwood, north of Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.
  4. (countable) A habitational surname.

Forms of Gunton

pluralGuntons

Origin of Gunton

From the Old Norse personal name Gunni + Old English tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

Questions about Gunton

What does Gunton mean?
Gunton means a railway station in Thorpe Market parish, North Norfolk district, Norfolk, England, named after Gunton Hall some distance away (OS grid ref TG2535).
What part of speech is Gunton?
Gunton is a proper noun.

Words near Gunton in the dictionary

  1. Guntersville
  2. guntha
  3. gunthas
  4. Gunther
  5. Gunthorpe
  6. Gunton
  7. Guntons
  8. gunts
  9. GunTube
  10. GunTuber
  11. GunTubers

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