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Royston

Royston proper noun: a habitational surname from Old English.

Proper noun

Royston

  1. A habitational surname from Old English.
  2. A male given name transferred from the surname.
    • Royston Gower was the man to whom De Marchmont had trusted this mission; he was a hardy old soldier, one who had been to the Holy Land, and seen blood spilt as plentifully as water; - - -1838, Thomas Miller, Royston Gower, or, The Days of King John, London: Henry Colburn, page 235
  3. A town and civil parish in North Hertfordshire district, Hertfordshire, England, on the Cambridgeshire border (OS grid ref TL3541).
  4. A large village in Barnsley borough, South Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE3611).
  5. A suburb of Glasgow, Scotland (OS grid ref NS6066).
  6. A seaside hamlet on Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada.
  7. A city in Franklin County, Hart County and Madison County, Georgia, United States.
  8. A ghost town in Fisher County, Texas, United States.

Origin of Royston

From a place name in Hertfordshire, from the medieval given name Royce + Old English tūn (“settlement”).

Words formed from Royston

Phrases with Royston

Questions about Royston

What does Royston mean?
Royston means a habitational surname from Old English.
What part of speech is Royston?
Royston is a proper noun.

Words near Royston in the dictionary

  1. roystering
  2. roysterings
  3. roysterous
  4. roysters
  5. roysting
  6. Royston
  7. Royston crow
  8. Royston crows
  9. roysts
  10. roytelet
  11. roytelets

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