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Deighton

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Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A placename:; A small village and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England, previously in Hambleton district (OS grid ref NZ3801). countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    A placename:; A small village and civil parish in City of York district, North Yorkshire (OS grid ref SE6244). countable, uncountable
  3. 3
    A placename:; A suburban area in the Metropolitan Borough of Kirklees, West Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE1619). countable, uncountable
  4. 4
    A habitational surname from Old English. countable

Etymology

From Old English dīċ (“ditch, trench, moat”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement”); compare the doublet Ditton.

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