Etymology

Blaydon

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Today it means: A town in the Metropolitan Borough of Gateshead, Tyne and Wear, England, which is also known as Blaydon-on-Tyne (OS grid ref NZ1863). Full definition →

Old English blāw
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The story

  1. Old English · derived fromblāw“blue”
  2. English todayBlaydon

Perhaps from Old English blāw (“blue”) + dūn (“hill”).

Words from the same roots

Old Englishblāw all →

Blofield

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