Stratton

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proper noun

A market town in Bude-Stratton parish, Cornwall, England (OS grid ref SS2306).

“Former name: Wexcombe”

OriginOld English strǣt →
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Meanings

proper nounStratton (countable and uncountable, plural Strattons)

plural Strattons

  1. A placename:
    1. countableuncountableA market town in Bude-Stratton parish, Cornwall, England (OS grid ref SS2306).
    2. countableuncountableA village and civil parish in west Dorset, England (OS grid ref SY6593).
    3. countableuncountableA village in Cirencester parish, Gloucestershire, England (OS grid ref SP015900).
    4. countableuncountableAn eastern suburb of Perth, Western Australia; taken from the surname.

      Former name: Wexcombe

    5. countableuncountableA town in Kit Carson County, Colorado, United States.
    6. countableuncountableA village in Franklin County, Maine, United States.
    7. countableuncountableA village in Hitchcock County, Nebraska, United States.
    8. countableuncountableA village in Jefferson County, Ohio, United States.
    9. countableuncountableA town in Windham County, Vermont, United States.
    10. countableuncountableAn unincorporated community in Dickenson County, Virginia, United States.
  2. countableuncountableA habitational surname from Old English.

Origin

  1. Old Englishstrǣt“street, paved high-way”
  2. EnglishStratton

From Old English strǣt (“street, paved high-way”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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