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Definitions

Proper Noun

1. 1
   A village and civil parish in North Northamptonshire district, Northamptonshire, England, east of Northampton, and previously in Wellingborough district (OS grid ref SP8263). countable, uncountable
2. 2
   A hamlet in Wetton parish, Staffordshire Moorlands district, Staffordshire, England (OS grid ref SK0958). countable, uncountable
3. 3
   A habitational surname from Old English. countable, uncountable

Etymology

From the Old English personal name Ecca + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

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