Etton

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proper noun

A village and civil parish in the City of Peterborough district, Cambridgeshire, England (OS grid ref TF1406).

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Meanings

proper nounEtton (countable and uncountable, plural Ettons)

plural Ettons

  1. countableuncountableA village and civil parish in the City of Peterborough district, Cambridgeshire, England (OS grid ref TF1406).
  2. countableuncountableA village and civil parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE9843).
  3. countableuncountableA habitational surname from Old English.

Origin

From the Old English personal name Ēata + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

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