Pelton

P3E1L1T1O1N1

proper noun

A village and civil parish in County Durham, England (OS grid ref NZ2553).

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Meanings

proper nounPelton (countable and uncountable, plural Peltons)

plural Peltons

  1. countableuncountableA village and civil parish in County Durham, England (OS grid ref NZ2553).
  2. countableuncountableA locality in the Cessnock council area, eastern New South Wales, Australia.
  3. countableuncountableA habitational surname from Old English.

Origin

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

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

leptonpentol
Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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