Plumpton

P3L1U1M3P3T1O1N1

proper noun

A western suburb of Sydney in the City of Blacktown, New South Wales, Australia.

OriginOld English plūme →
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Meanings

proper nounPlumpton (countable and uncountable, plural Plumptons)

plural Plumptons · alternative Plimpton

  1. A placename:
    1. countableuncountableA western suburb of Sydney in the City of Blacktown, New South Wales, Australia.
    2. countableuncountableA northwestern suburb of Melbourne in the City of Melton, Victoria, Australia.
    3. countableuncountableA village in Hesket parish, Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, England, previously in Eden district (OS grid ref NY4937).
    4. countableuncountableA village and civil parish in Lewes district, East Sussex, England (OS grid ref TQ3513). The railway station and racecourse are at Plumpton Green to the north.
    5. countableuncountableTwo hamlets, Great Plumpton and Little Plumpton, in Westby-with-Plumptons civil parish, Fylde district, Lancashire, England.
    6. countableuncountableA small village in Weston and Weedon civil parish, West Northamptonshire, Northamptonshire, England, previously in South Northamptonshire district (OS grid ref SP5948).
  2. countableuncountableA habitational surname from Old English.

Origin

  1. Old Englishplūme“plum”
  2. EnglishPlumpton

From Old English plūme (“plum”) + tūn (“settlement, town”). Doublet of Plympton.

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APA

Plumpton. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Plumpton

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Chicago

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