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Swinton

Swinton proper noun: a town in the Metropolitan Borough of Salford, Greater Manchester, England (OS grid ref SD7702).

Proper noun

Swinton (countable and uncountable, plural Swintons)

  1. A town in the Metropolitan Borough of Salford, Greater Manchester, England (OS grid ref SD7702).
  2. A village in Swinton with Warthermarske parish, North Yorkshire, England, previously in Harrogate district (OS grid ref SE2179).
  3. A village and civil parish in North Yorkshire, previously in Ryedale district (OS grid ref SE7673).
  4. A town in the Metropolitan Borough of Rotherham, South Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SK4599).
  5. A suburb of Glasgow, Scotland (OS grid ref NS6764).
  6. A village in the Scottish Borders council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NT8347).
  7. An unincorporated community in Stoddard County, Missouri, United States, named after the Swinton family.
  8. A habitational surname from Old English.

Forms of Swinton

pluralSwintons

Origin of Swinton

From Old English swīn (“pig, swine, wild boar”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

Words formed from Swinton

Questions about Swinton

What does Swinton mean?
Swinton means a town in the Metropolitan Borough of Salford, Greater Manchester, England (OS grid ref SD7702).
What part of speech is Swinton?
Swinton is a proper noun.

Words near Swinton in the dictionary

  1. Swinneys
  2. Swinomish
  3. Swinson
  4. Swinsons
  5. Swint
  6. Swinton
  7. Swinton with Warthermarske
  8. Swintons
  9. Swints
  10. Swiontek
  11. swip

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