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Denton

//ˈdɛn.tən// name

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Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A number of places in England:; A hamlet in Denton and Caldecote parish, Huntingdonshire district, Cambridgeshire (OS grid ref TL1587). countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    A number of places in England:; A village and civil parish in Darlington borough, County Durham (OS grid ref NZ2118). countable, uncountable
  3. 3
    A number of places in England:; A village in Newhaven parish, Lewes district, East Sussex (OS grid ref TQ4502). countable, uncountable
  4. 4
    A number of places in England:; A town in the Metropolitan Borough of Tameside, Greater Manchester (OS grid ref SJ9295). countable, uncountable
  5. 5
    A number of places in England:; A village in Denton with Wootton parish, Dover district, Kent (OS grid ref TR2147). countable, uncountable
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  1. 6
    A number of places in England:; A village and civil parish in South Kesteven district, Lincolnshire (OS grid ref SK8632). countable, uncountable
  2. 7
    A number of places in England:; A village and civil parish in South Norfolk district, Norfolk (OS grid ref TM2788). countable, uncountable
  3. 8
    A number of places in England:; A village and civil parish in West Northamptonshire district, Northamptonshire (OS grid ref SP8357). countable, uncountable
  4. 9
    A number of places in England:; A hamlet and civil parish in Harrogate district, North Yorkshire (OS grid ref SE1448). countable, uncountable
  5. 10
    A number of places in England:; A hamlet in Cuddesdon and Denton parish, South Oxfordshire district, Oxfordshire (OS grid ref SP5902). countable, uncountable
  6. 11
    A number of places in the United States:; A city in Jeff Davis County, Georgia. countable, uncountable
  7. 12
    A number of places in the United States:; A city in Doniphan County, Kansas. countable, uncountable
  8. 13
    A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Carter County, Kentucky. countable, uncountable
  9. 14
    A number of places in the United States:; A town, the county seat of Caroline County, Maryland. countable, uncountable
  10. 15
    A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Johnson County, Missouri. countable, uncountable
  11. 16
    A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Pemiscot County, Missouri. countable, uncountable
  12. 17
    A number of places in the United States:; A town in Fergus County, Montana. countable, uncountable
  13. 18
    A number of places in the United States:; A village in Lancaster County, Nebraska. countable, uncountable
  14. 19
    A number of places in the United States:; A town in Davidson County, North Carolina. countable, uncountable
  15. 20
    A number of places in the United States:; A city, the county seat of Denton County, Texas. countable, uncountable
  16. 21
    A habitational surname from Old English. countable, uncountable
  17. 22
    A male given name transferred from the place name. countable, uncountable

Etymology

From Old English denu (“valley, den”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

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