Seaton

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/ˈsiːtən/

proper noun

A coastal village in Deviock parish, Cornwall, on a river of the same name (OS grid ref SX304544).

OriginOld English sǣ →
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Meanings

proper nounSeaton (countable and uncountable, plural Seatons)

plural Seatons · alternative Seton

  1. A number of places in England:
    1. countableuncountableA coastal village in Deviock parish, Cornwall, on a river of the same name (OS grid ref SX304544).
    2. countableuncountableA village and civil parish in Cumberland district, Cumbria, previously in Allerdale borough, and historically in the County of Cumberland (OS grid ref NY0130).
    3. countableuncountableA coastal town and civil parish in East Devon district, Devon (OS grid ref SY2490).
    4. countableuncountableA village in Seaton with Slingley parish, County Durham (OS grid ref NZ399499).
    5. countableuncountableA village and civil parish in Rutland (OS grid ref SP904982).
    6. countableuncountableA village and civil parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire (OS grid ref TA163467).
  2. countableuncountableA suburb of Adelaide, South Australia.
  3. countableuncountableA locality in the Shire of Wellington, south eastern Victoria, Australia.
  4. countableuncountableA village in Mercer County, Illinois, United States.
  5. countableuncountableA habitational surname from Old English.

Origin

  1. Old Englishsǣ“sea, lake”
  2. EnglishSeaton

From Old English sǣ (“sea, lake”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

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Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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