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Walkden

Walkden proper noun: a town in the Metropolitan Borough of Salford, Greater Manchester, England (OS grid ref SD7303).

Proper noun

Walkden (countable and uncountable, plural Walkdens)

  1. A town in the Metropolitan Borough of Salford, Greater Manchester, England (OS grid ref SD7303).
  2. A habitational surname from Old English.

Forms of Walkden

pluralWalkdens

Origin of Walkden

From the Old English personal name *Walca + denu (“valley”).

Questions about Walkden

What does Walkden mean?
Walkden means a town in the Metropolitan Borough of Salford, Greater Manchester, England (OS grid ref SD7303).
What part of speech is Walkden?
Walkden is a proper noun.

Words near Walkden in the dictionary

  1. walkaways
  2. walkback
  3. walkbacks
  4. walkboard
  5. walkboards
  6. Walkden
  7. Walkdens
  8. walkdown
  9. walke
  10. walke-street
  11. walke-streets

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