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Thistleton

Thistleton proper noun: a village and civil parish in Rutland, England (OS grid ref SK913180).

Proper noun

Thistleton (countable and uncountable, plural Thistletons)

  1. A village and civil parish in Rutland, England (OS grid ref SK913180).
  2. A hamlet in Greenhalgh-with-Thistleton parish, Lancashire, England (OS grid ref SD405773).
  3. A habitational surname from Old English.

Forms of Thistleton

pluralThistletons

Origin of Thistleton

From Old English þistel (“thistle”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

Questions about Thistleton

What does Thistleton mean?
Thistleton means a village and civil parish in Rutland, England (OS grid ref SK913180).
What part of speech is Thistleton?
Thistleton is a proper noun.

Words near Thistleton in the dictionary

  1. thistles
  2. thistletail
  3. thistletails
  4. Thistlethwaite
  5. Thistlethwaite's algorithm
  6. Thistleton
  7. Thistletons
  8. thistlewarp
  9. thistlewarps
  10. thistlier
  11. thistliest

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