Pendleton

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proper noun

A village and civil parish in Ribble Valley district, Lancashire, England (OS grid ref SD7539).

OriginOld English tūn →
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Meanings

proper noun
  1. A village and civil parish in Ribble Valley district, Lancashire, England (OS grid ref SD7539).
  2. A suburb of Salford, Greater Manchester, England (OS grid ref SJ8199).
  3. An English habitational surname from the places in England.
  4. A male given name transferred from the surname.
  5. A place in the United States:
    1. A town in Fall Creek Township, Madison County, Indiana; named for founder Thomas Pendleton.
    2. A village in Warren County, Missouri; named for postmaster J. W. Pendleton.
    3. A town in Niagara County, New York; named for founder Sylvester Pendleton Clark.
    4. A neighborhood of Cincinnati, Ohio.
    5. A city, the county seat of Umatilla County, Oregon.
    6. A town in Anderson County, South Carolina.
    7. A census-designated place in Bell County, Texas.

Origin

  1. Old Englishtūn“settlement”
  2. EnglishPendleton

'The settlement beside Pendle', from Pendle + Old English tūn (“settlement”).

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Anagrams

Pendelton
Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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