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Padstow

Padstow proper noun: a small town, civil parish, and fishing port in northern Cornwall, England (OS grid ref SW9175).

Proper noun

Padstow

  1. A small town, civil parish, and fishing port in northern Cornwall, England (OS grid ref SW9175).
  2. A suburb of Sydney in the Canterbury-Bankstown council area, New South Wales, Australia.

Origin of Padstow

A corruption of Saint Petroc + Old English stōw.

Words formed from Padstow

Questions about Padstow

What does Padstow mean?
Padstow means a small town, civil parish, and fishing port in northern Cornwall, England (OS grid ref SW9175).
What part of speech is Padstow?
Padstow is a proper noun.

Words near Padstow in the dictionary

  1. padstones
  2. Padstonian
  3. Padstonians
  4. padstool
  5. padstools
  6. Padstow
  7. Padstow Heights
  8. Padua
  9. paduak
  10. paduakan
  11. paduakans

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