Etymology

Knowlton

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Today it means: A hamlet in East Dorset district, Dorset, England (OS grid ref SU022103). Full definition →

Old English cnoll
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The story

  1. Old English · derived fromcnoll“knoll, summit”
  2. English todayKnowlton

From Old English cnoll (“knoll, summit”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement”).

Words from the same roots

Old Englishcnoll all →

knoll

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