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Moulton

Moulton proper noun: a village and civil parish of Cheshire, England (OS grid ref SJ656696).

Proper noun

Moulton (countable and uncountable, plural Moultons)

  1. A village and civil parish of Cheshire, England (OS grid ref SJ656696).
  2. A village in The Moultons parish, South Holland district, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref TF306240).
  3. A village and civil parish of Richmondshire district, North Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref NZ236038).
  4. A village and civil parish of Daventry district, Northamptonshire, England (OS grid ref SP784663).
  5. A village and civil parish of Forest Heath district, Suffolk, England (OS grid ref TL699643).
  6. A hamlet in the Vale of Glamorgan borough county borough, South Glamorgan, Wales (OS grid ref ST072457).
  7. A city, the county seat of Lawrence County, Alabama, United States.
  8. A small city in Appanoose County, Iowa, United States.
  9. A town in Lavaca County, Texas, United States.
  10. A habitational surname from Old English.
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Forms of Moulton

pluralMoultons
alternative formMuleton
alternative formMulton

Origin of Moulton

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

Words formed from Moulton

Questions about Moulton

What does Moulton mean?
Moulton means a village and civil parish of Cheshire, England (OS grid ref SJ656696).
What part of speech is Moulton?
Moulton is a proper noun.

Words near Moulton in the dictionary

  1. moulters
  2. moultier
  3. moultiest
  4. moulting
  5. moultings
  6. Moulton
  7. Moultonborough
  8. Moultons
  9. Moultrie
  10. Moultrie County
  11. Moultries

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