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Saxton

Saxton proper noun: a village in Saxton with Scarthingwell parish, Selby district, North Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE4736).

Proper noun

Saxton (countable and uncountable, plural Saxtons)

  1. A village in Saxton with Scarthingwell parish, Selby district, North Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE4736).
  2. A suburb of Nelson, New Zealand.
  3. An unincorporated community in Whitley County, Kentucky, United States.
  4. An unincorporated community in Buchanan County, Missouri, United States.
  5. A borough in Bedford County, Pennsylvania, United States.
  6. (countable) A habitational surname from Old English.

Forms of Saxton

pluralSaxtons

Origin of Saxton

From Old English Seaxe (“Saxons”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

Words formed from Saxton

Questions about Saxton

What does Saxton mean?
Saxton means a village in Saxton with Scarthingwell parish, Selby district, North Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE4736).
What part of speech is Saxton?
Saxton is a proper noun.

Words near Saxton in the dictionary

  1. saxotrombas
  2. SAXS
  3. Saxtead
  4. Saxtead Green
  5. Saxthorpe
  6. Saxton
  7. Saxtons
  8. Saxtons River
  9. Saxtti
  10. saxtuba
  11. saxtubas

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