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Loxton

Loxton proper noun: a village and civil parish in North Somerset district, Somerset, England (OS grid ref ST3755).

Proper noun

Loxton (countable and uncountable, plural Loxtons)

  1. A village and civil parish in North Somerset district, Somerset, England (OS grid ref ST3755).
  2. A town in the Northern Cape province, South Africa.
  3. A town in the Riverland region, South Australia.
  4. (countable) A habitational surname from Old English.

Forms of Loxton

pluralLoxtons

Origin of Loxton

Recorded as Lochestone in the Domesday Book, the village takes its name from the Lox Yeo River + Old English tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

Questions about Loxton

What does Loxton mean?
Loxton means a village and civil parish in North Somerset district, Somerset, England (OS grid ref ST3755).
What part of speech is Loxton?
Loxton is a proper noun.

Words near Loxton in the dictionary

  1. loxoscelids
  2. loxoscelism
  3. loxosomatid
  4. loxP
  5. loxtidine
  6. Loxton
  7. Loxtons
  8. loxygen
  9. loy
  10. Loy Yang
  11. Loya

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