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Ogden

Ogden proper noun: a habitational surname from Old English.

Proper noun

Ogden

  1. A habitational surname from Old English.
  2. A male given name transferred from the surname, of occasional usage.
    • Even from an aesthetic point of view the sight of the bulging child offended him. Ogden Ford was round and blobby and looked overfed.1917, P.G.Wodehouse, chapter 1, in Piccadilly Jim
  3. A hamlet in Calderdale borough, West Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE0630).
  4. A ghost town in British Columbia, Canada.
  5. A community in Nova Scotia, Canada.
  6. A municipality of Quebec, Canada.
  7. A small city in Little River County, Arkansas.
  8. A village in Champaign County, Illinois.
  9. A city in Boone County, Iowa.
  10. A city in Riley County, Kansas.
  11. A town in Monroe County, New York.
  12. A census-designated place in New Hanover County, North Carolina.
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  1. An unincorporated community in Clinton County, Ohio.
  2. A city, the county seat of Weber County, Utah.
  3. An unincorporated community in Wood County, West Virginia.

Origin of Ogden

Places in England, from Old English āc (“oak”) + denu (“valley”).

Words formed from Ogden

Questions about Ogden

What does Ogden mean?
Ogden means a habitational surname from Old English.
What part of speech is Ogden?
Ogden is a proper noun.

Words near Ogden in the dictionary

  1. ogcocephalid
  2. ogcocephalids
  3. OGCs
  4. OGD
  5. ogday
  6. Ogden
  7. Ogden syndrome
  8. Ogden-Roxburgh model
  9. ogdensburgite
  10. ogdo-
  11. ogdoa-

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