Potton

P3O1T1T1O1N1

proper noun

A town and civil parish with a town council in Central Bedfordshire district, Bedfordshire, England (OS grid ref TL2249).

OriginOld English pott →
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Meanings

proper nounPotton (countable and uncountable, plural Pottons)

plural Pottons

  1. countableuncountableA town and civil parish with a town council in Central Bedfordshire district, Bedfordshire, England (OS grid ref TL2249).
  2. countableuncountableA township municipality in Memphrémagog Regional County Municipality, Quebec, Canada.
  3. countableuncountableA habitational surname from Old English.

Origin

  1. Old Englishpott“pot”
  2. EnglishPotton

From Old English pott (“pot”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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