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Potton

Potton proper noun: a town and civil parish with a town council in Central Bedfordshire district, Bedfordshire, England (OS grid ref TL2249).

Proper noun

Potton (countable and uncountable, plural Pottons)

  1. A town and civil parish with a town council in Central Bedfordshire district, Bedfordshire, England (OS grid ref TL2249).
  2. A township municipality in Memphrémagog Regional County Municipality, Quebec, Canada.
  3. A habitational surname from Old English.

Forms of Potton

pluralPottons

Origin of Potton

From Old English pott (“pot”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

Words formed from Potton

  • Potton Island

Questions about Potton

What does Potton mean?
Potton means a town and civil parish with a town council in Central Bedfordshire district, Bedfordshire, England (OS grid ref TL2249).
What part of speech is Potton?
Potton is a proper noun.

Words near Potton in the dictionary

  1. pottlepot
  2. pottlepots
  3. pottles
  4. pottling
  5. potto
  6. Potton
  7. Pottons
  8. Pottorff
  9. Pottorffs
  10. pottos
  11. pottress

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