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Pelton

Pelton proper noun: a village and civil parish in County Durham, England (OS grid ref NZ2553).

Proper noun

Pelton (countable and uncountable, plural Peltons)

  1. A village and civil parish in County Durham, England (OS grid ref NZ2553).
  2. A locality in the Cessnock council area, eastern New South Wales, Australia.
  3. A habitational surname from Old English.

Forms of Pelton

pluralPeltons

Origin of Pelton

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

Words formed from Pelton

Phrases with Pelton

Questions about Pelton

What does Pelton mean?
Pelton means a village and civil parish in County Durham, England (OS grid ref NZ2553).
What part of speech is Pelton?
Pelton is a proper noun.

Words near Pelton in the dictionary

  1. peltogaster
  2. peltogasters
  3. peltogastrid
  4. peltogastrids
  5. peltoid
  6. Pelton
  7. Pelton wheel
  8. Pelton wheels
  9. Peltons
  10. peltoperlid
  11. peltoperlids

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