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Monkton

Monkton proper noun: a village and civil parish in East Devon district, Devon, England (OS grid ref ST186710).

Proper noun

Monkton (countable and uncountable, plural Monktons)

  1. A village and civil parish in East Devon district, Devon, England (OS grid ref ST186710).
  2. A village and civil parish in Thanet district, Kent, England (OS grid ref TR286649).
  3. A suburb of Hebburn, Metropolitan Borough of South Tyneside, Tyne and Wear, England (OS grid ref NZ3263).
  4. A village in Monkton and Prestwick parish, South Ayrshire, Scotland (OS grid ref NS356842).
  5. A village in Pembroke community, Pembrokeshire, Wales (OS grid ref SM973015).
  6. A locality in St Donats community and Wick community, Vale of Glamorgan borough, Wales, divided into East, West, and Lower Monkton (OS grid ref SS9271).
  7. An unincorporated community in Baltimore County, Maryland, United States.
  8. A town in Addison County, Vermont, United States.
  9. A habitational surname from Old English.

Forms of Monkton

pluralMonktons

Origin of Monkton

From Old English munuc (“monk”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

Words formed from Monkton

Phrases with Monkton

Questions about Monkton

What does Monkton mean?
Monkton means a village and civil parish in East Devon district, Devon, England (OS grid ref ST186710).
What part of speech is Monkton?
Monkton is a proper noun.

Words near Monkton in the dictionary

  1. monkshood vine
  2. monkshoods
  3. Monkston
  4. Monkstown
  5. monkswort
  6. Monkton
  7. Monkton Combe
  8. Monkton Farleigh
  9. Monktonhall
  10. Monktons
  11. Monkwearmouth

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