Etymology

Castle Eden

Today it means: A village and civil parish in County Durham, England (OS grid ref NZ4237). Full definition →

Old Irish aodann
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  1. Old Irish · derived fromaodann“hill-brow”
  2. English todayCastle Eden

Named after a local castle and the Eden Burn, a local stream. Mawer (1927) instead derived the river-name from the settlement, which he proposed came from Old Irish aodann (“hill-brow”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.