croydon

C3R1O1Y4D2O1N1
UK/ˈkɹɔɪdən/

noun

A kind of cotton sheeting.

Less commonScrabble 13

Meanings

croydon1

nouncroydon (plural croydons)

plural croydons

  1. historicalA kind of cotton sheeting.
  2. historicalA calico.

Croydon2

proper noun
  1. A large town in the south of Greater London, England, historically in the county of Surrey (OS grid ref TQ3265).
    1. A London borough of Greater London.
    2. historicalA former airport in Croydon.
  2. A village and civil parish in South Cambridgeshire district, Cambridgeshire, England (OS grid ref TL3149).
  3. A place in the United States:
  4. A place in Australia:
    1. A suburb of Sydney in the Municipality of Burwood and Inner West council area, New South Wales.
    2. A town and local government area (the Shire of Croydon) in northern Queensland.
    3. A suburb of Adelaide in the City of Charles Sturt, South Australia.
    4. An eastern suburb of Melbourne in the City of Maroondah, Victoria.
nounCroydon (plural Croydons)

plural Croydons

  1. historicalA kind of carriage like a gig, originally of wickerwork.

Origin

  1. Old Englishdenu“valley”
  2. Latincrocus“saffron”
  3. Old Englishcroh“saffron”
  4. Old EnglishCrogedene
  5. EnglishCroydon

From Old English Crogedene ("saffron valley"), from Old English croh (“saffron”) (< Latin crocus (“saffron”)) + Old English denu (“valley”).

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