Skipton

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proper noun

A market town and civil parish with a town council in North Yorkshire, England, previously in Craven district (OS grid ref SD9851).

OriginOld English sċēap →
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Meanings

proper nounSkipton (countable and uncountable, plural Skiptons)

plural Skiptons

  1. countableuncountableA market town and civil parish with a town council in North Yorkshire, England, previously in Craven district (OS grid ref SD9851).
  2. countableuncountableA habitational surname from Old English.
  3. countableuncountableA town in the Shire of Corangamite and the Shire of Pyrenees, south western Victoria, Australia

Origin

  1. Old Englishsċēap“sheep”
  2. EnglishSkipton

From Old English sċēap (“sheep”) (with change from sh to sk due to Scandinavian influence) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

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APA

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

MLA

“Skipton.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Skipton. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Skipton,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Skipton.

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