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Seaton

/ˈsiːtən/

Seaton proper noun: a coastal village in Deviock parish, Cornwall, on a river of the same name (OS grid ref SX304544).

Proper noun

Seaton (countable and uncountable, plural Seatons)

  1. A coastal village in Deviock parish, Cornwall, on a river of the same name (OS grid ref SX304544).
  2. A village and civil parish in Cumberland district, Cumbria, previously in Allerdale borough, and historically in the County of Cumberland (OS grid ref NY0130).
  3. A coastal town and civil parish in East Devon district, Devon (OS grid ref SY2490).
  4. A village in Seaton with Slingley parish, County Durham (OS grid ref NZ399499).
  5. A village and civil parish in Rutland (OS grid ref SP904982).
  6. A village and civil parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire (OS grid ref TA163467).
  7. A suburb of Adelaide, South Australia.
  8. A locality in the Shire of Wellington, south eastern Victoria, Australia.
  9. A village in Mercer County, Illinois, United States.
  10. A habitational surname from Old English.

Forms of Seaton

pluralSeatons
alternative formSeton

Origin of Seaton

From Old English sǣ (“sea, lake”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

Words formed from Seaton

Questions about Seaton

What does Seaton mean?
Seaton means a coastal village in Deviock parish, Cornwall, on a river of the same name (OS grid ref SX304544).
What part of speech is Seaton?
Seaton is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce Seaton?
Seaton is pronounced /ˈsiːtən/.

Words near Seaton in the dictionary

  1. seatment
  2. seatments
  3. seatmile
  4. seatmiles
  5. SEATO
  6. Seaton
  7. Seaton Carew
  8. Seaton Delaval
  9. Seaton Junction
  10. Seaton Sluice
  11. Seaton Valley

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