Dumbleton

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proper noun

A village and civil parish in Tewkesbury borough, Gloucestershire, England (OS grid ref SP0136).

OriginOld English dumbel →
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Meanings

proper nounDumbleton (countable and uncountable, plural Dumbletons)

plural Dumbletons

  1. A placename:
    1. countableuncountableA village and civil parish in Tewkesbury borough, Gloucestershire, England (OS grid ref SP0136).
    2. countableuncountableA rural locality in the Mackay Region of Queensland, Australia.
  2. countableA habitational surname from Old English.

Origin

  1. Old Englishdumbel“shady hollow”
  2. EnglishDumbleton

From Old English dumbel (“shady hollow”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement”).

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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