Blaydon

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/ˈbleɪdən/

proper noun

A town in the Metropolitan Borough of Gateshead, Tyne and Wear, England, which is also known as Blaydon-on-Tyne (OS grid ref NZ1863).

OriginOld English blāw →
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Meanings

proper nounBlaydon (countable and uncountable, plural Blaydons)

plural Blaydons

  1. countableuncountableA town in the Metropolitan Borough of Gateshead, Tyne and Wear, England, which is also known as Blaydon-on-Tyne (OS grid ref NZ1863).
  2. countableuncountableA habitational surname from Old English.

Origin

  1. Old Englishblāw“blue”
  2. EnglishBlaydon

Perhaps from Old English blāw (“blue”) + dūn (“hill”).

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

Boyland
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APA

Blaydon. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Blaydon

MLA

“Blaydon.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Blaydon. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Blaydon,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Blaydon.

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