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Plumpton

Plumpton proper noun: a western suburb of Sydney in the City of Blacktown, New South Wales, Australia.

Proper noun

Plumpton (countable and uncountable, plural Plumptons)

  1. A western suburb of Sydney in the City of Blacktown, New South Wales, Australia.
  2. A northwestern suburb of Melbourne in the City of Melton, Victoria, Australia.
  3. A village in Hesket parish, Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, England, previously in Eden district (OS grid ref NY4937).
  4. A village and civil parish in Lewes district, East Sussex, England (OS grid ref TQ3513). The railway station and racecourse are at Plumpton Green to the north.
  5. Two hamlets, Great Plumpton and Little Plumpton, in Westby-with-Plumptons civil parish, Fylde district, Lancashire, England.
  6. A small village in Weston and Weedon civil parish, West Northamptonshire, Northamptonshire, England, previously in South Northamptonshire district (OS grid ref SP5948).
  7. A habitational surname from Old English.

Forms of Plumpton

pluralPlumptons
alternative formPlimpton

Origin of Plumpton

From Old English plūme (“plum”) + tūn (“settlement, town”). Doublet of Plympton.

Words formed from Plumpton

Questions about Plumpton

What does Plumpton mean?
Plumpton means a western suburb of Sydney in the City of Blacktown, New South Wales, Australia.
What part of speech is Plumpton?
Plumpton is a proper noun.

Words near Plumpton in the dictionary

  1. plumps for
  2. plumps up
  3. plumptious
  4. plumptitude
  5. plumptitudes
  6. Plumpton
  7. Plumpton Green
  8. Plumptons
  9. Plumptre
  10. plumpy
  11. Plumridge

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