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Skipton

Skipton proper noun: a market town and civil parish with a town council in North Yorkshire, England, previously in Craven district (OS grid ref SD9851).

Proper noun

Skipton (countable and uncountable, plural Skiptons)

  1. A market town and civil parish with a town council in North Yorkshire, England, previously in Craven district (OS grid ref SD9851).
  2. A habitational surname from Old English.
  3. A town in the Shire of Corangamite and the Shire of Pyrenees, south western Victoria, Australia

Forms of Skipton

pluralSkiptons

Origin of Skipton

From Old English sċēap (“sheep”) (with change from sh to sk due to Scandinavian influence) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

Words formed from Skipton

Questions about Skipton

What does Skipton mean?
Skipton means a market town and civil parish with a town council in North Yorkshire, England, previously in Craven district (OS grid ref SD9851).
What part of speech is Skipton?
Skipton is a proper noun.

Words near Skipton in the dictionary

  1. skips school
  2. skips the line
  3. skips town
  4. skipsful
  5. skipt
  6. Skipton
  7. Skipton-on-Swale
  8. Skiptons
  9. skiptrace
  10. skiptraced
  11. skiptracer

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