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Nettleton

Nettleton proper noun: a village and civil parish in West Lindsey district, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref TA1000).

Proper noun

Nettleton (countable and uncountable, plural Nettletons)

  1. A village and civil parish in West Lindsey district, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref TA1000).
  2. A village and civil parish in Wiltshire, England (OS grid ref ST8278).
  3. An unincorporated community in Edwards County, Kansas, United States.
  4. A town in Monroe County, Mississippi, United States.
  5. An unincorporated community in Caldwell County, Missouri, United States.
  6. (countable) A habitational surname from Old English.

Forms of Nettleton

pluralNettletons

Origin of Nettleton

From Old English netele (“nettle”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

Questions about Nettleton

What does Nettleton mean?
Nettleton means a village and civil parish in West Lindsey district, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref TA1000).
What part of speech is Nettleton?
Nettleton is a proper noun.

Words near Nettleton in the dictionary

  1. Nettleships
  2. nettlesome
  3. nettlespurge
  4. Nettlestone
  5. Nettlestone and Seaview
  6. Nettleton
  7. Nettletons
  8. nettlewort
  9. nettleworts
  10. nettling
  11. nettlingly

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