Etymology

Kenton

K5E1N1T1O1N1

Today it means: A village and civil parish in Teignbridge district, Devon, England (OS grid ref SX9583). Full definition →

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The story

From either the Old English personal name Cena or cyne- (“royal”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.