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Quainton

Quainton proper noun: a village and civil parish in Buckinghamshire, England, formerly in Aylesbury Vale district (OS grid ref SP7420).

Proper noun

Quainton

  1. A village and civil parish in Buckinghamshire, England, formerly in Aylesbury Vale district (OS grid ref SP7420).

Origin of Quainton

From Old English *Cwēntūn, from cwēn (“queen”) + tūn (“town”). Doublet of Queenstown and Queenston.

Questions about Quainton

What does Quainton mean?
Quainton means a village and civil parish in Buckinghamshire, England, formerly in Aylesbury Vale district (OS grid ref SP7420).
What part of speech is Quainton?
Quainton is a proper noun.

Words near Quainton in the dictionary

  1. quaintish
  2. quaintlike
  3. quaintly
  4. quaintness
  5. quaintnesses
  6. Quainton
  7. quaintrelle
  8. quaintrelles
  9. quaints
  10. Quaitso
  11. quaject

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