Ashdown

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proper noun

A surname from Old English.

OriginOld English æsċ →
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Meanings

proper nounAshdown (countable and uncountable, plural Ashdowns)

plural Ashdowns

  1. countableuncountableA surname from Old English.
  2. countableuncountableA city, the county seat of Little River County, Arkansas, United States.

Origin

  1. Old Englishæsċ“ash tree”
  2. EnglishAshdown

Perhaps a habitational surname from a lost place in Berkshire, from Old English æsċ (“ash tree”) + dūn (“mountain, hill”); compare Ashdon, which shares the same etymology. The Battle of Ashdown refers to it.

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APA

Ashdown. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Ashdown

MLA

“Ashdown.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Ashdown. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Ashdown,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Ashdown.

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