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Swainston

Swainston proper noun: a surname.

Proper noun

Swainston (plural Swainstons)

  1. A surname.

Forms of Swainston

pluralSwainstons

Origin of Swainston

Habitational surname from a minor place in the parish of Elwick, County Durham, from the Old Norse personal name Sveinn + -s- + Old English tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

Questions about Swainston

What does Swainston mean?
Swainston means a surname.
What part of speech is Swainston?
Swainston is a proper noun.

Words near Swainston in the dictionary

  1. swainsona
  2. swainsonas
  3. swainsonine
  4. Swainsonpea
  5. Swainsthorpe
  6. Swainston
  7. Swainstons
  8. swaip
  9. swaiped
  10. swaiping
  11. swaips

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