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Wetton

Wetton proper noun: a small village and civil parish in Staffordshire Moorlands district, Staffordshire, England (OS grid ref SK1055).

Proper noun

Wetton (countable and uncountable, plural Wettons)

  1. A small village and civil parish in Staffordshire Moorlands district, Staffordshire, England (OS grid ref SK1055).
  2. A small suburb in Cape Town, South Africa.
  3. A habitational surname from Old English.

Forms of Wetton

pluralWettons

Origin of Wetton

Recorded as Wetindona in a 13ᵗʰ century Charter, from Old English wǣt (“wet”) + dūn (“hill”).

Questions about Wetton

What does Wetton mean?
Wetton means a small village and civil parish in Staffordshire Moorlands district, Staffordshire, England (OS grid ref SK1055).
What part of speech is Wetton?
Wetton is a proper noun.

Words near Wetton in the dictionary

  1. wetting-down
  2. Wettingen
  3. wettingly
  4. wettings
  5. wettish
  6. Wetton
  7. Wettons
  8. Wettstein
  9. Wettsteinian
  10. Wettsteins
  11. wetu

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