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Byron

//ˈbaɪɹən// name

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Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname from Old English.
  2. 2
    A surname from Old English.; Lord Byron, George Gordon (Noel) Byron, 6th Baron Byron (January 22, 1788–April 19, 1824), a famous English poet and leading figure in romanticism.
  3. 3
    A male given name transferred from the surname, of mostly American usage.
  4. 4
    A placename:; A number of places in the United States:; A census-designated place in Contra Costa County, California.
  5. 5
    A placename:; A number of places in the United States:; A city in Peach County, Houston County and Crawford County, Georgia.
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  1. 6
    A placename:; A number of places in the United States:; A city in Ogle County, Illinois.
  2. 7
    A placename:; A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Kankakee Township, LaPorte County, Indiana.
  3. 8
    A placename:; A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Howard Township, Parke County, Indiana.
  4. 9
    A placename:; A number of places in the United States:; A town in Oxford County, Maine.
  5. 10
    A placename:; A number of places in the United States:; A village in Burns Township, Shiawassee County, Michigan.
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    A placename:; A number of places in the United States:; A city in Olmsted County, Minnesota.
  7. 12
    A placename:; A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Osage County, Missouri.
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    A placename:; A number of places in the United States:; A village in Thayer County, Nebraska.
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    A placename:; A number of places in the United States:; A ghost town in Clark County, Nevada.
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    A placename:; A number of places in the United States:; A town in Genesee County, New York.
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    A placename:; A number of places in the United States:; A small unincorporated community in Greene County, Ohio.
  12. 17
    A placename:; A number of places in the United States:; A town in Alfalfa County, Oklahoma.
  13. 18
    A placename:; A number of places in the United States:; A town and unincorporated community therein, in Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin.
  14. 19
    A placename:; A number of places in the United States:; A town in Monroe County, Wisconsin.
  15. 20
    A placename:; A number of places in the United States:; A town in Big Horn County, Wyoming.
  16. 21
    A placename:; A number of places in the United States:; A number of townships in the United States, listed under Byron Township.
  17. 22
    A placename:; A neighbourhood of London, Ontario, Canada.
  18. 23
    A placename:; A local government area in northern New South Wales, Australia; in full, Byron Shire.

Etymology

A habitational surname from Old English byrum (“at the byre or cattleshed”).

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