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Hunterston

Hunterston proper noun: a coastal area of North Ayrshire council area, Scotland, the location of the Hunter family estate, a nuclear power station and a port (OS grid ref NS1951).

Proper noun

Hunterston

  1. A coastal area of North Ayrshire council area, Scotland, the location of the Hunter family estate, a nuclear power station and a port (OS grid ref NS1951).
  2. A locality in the Shire of Wellington, south eastern Victoria, Australia.

Origin of Hunterston

From Hunter + -s- + -ton.

Questions about Hunterston

What does Hunterston mean?
Hunterston means a coastal area of North Ayrshire council area, Scotland, the location of the Hunter family estate, a nuclear power station and a port (OS grid ref NS1951).
What part of speech is Hunterston?
Hunterston is a proper noun.

Words near Hunterston in the dictionary

  1. hunteress
  2. Hunterian
  3. hunterlike
  4. hunters
  5. Hunters Hill
  6. Hunterston
  7. Hunterview
  8. huntest
  9. hunteth
  10. Huntford
  11. Huntfords

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