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From the Old English personal name Bōfa + -ing (“belonging to”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement; town”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Today it means: A village and civil parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref TA136682). Full definition →
From the Old English personal name Bōfa + -ing (“belonging to”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement; town”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.