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Exton

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  1. 1
    A village in Woodbury parish, East Devon district, Devon, England (OS grid ref SX9886).
  2. 2
    A village and civil parish in Winchester district, Hampshire, England (OS grid ref SU6121).
  3. 3
    A village in Exton and Horn parish, Rutland, England (OS grid ref SK9211).
  4. 4
    A village and civil parish in Somerset, England, previously in Somerset West and Taunton district (OS grid ref SS9233).
  5. 5
    A rural settlement near Deloraine, Tasmania, Australia.
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  1. 6
    A census-designated place in Chester County, Pennsylvania, United States.
  2. 7
    A surname.

Etymology

# The villages in Devon and Somerset, England: from Old English Ex (“River Exe”) + tūn (“village”), 'the farm or village by the river Exe'. # The village in Hampshire, England: from Old English Ēastseaxe (“East Saxons”), genitive plural, Ēastseaxna + tūn (“estate”), 'the settlement or estate of the East Saxons'. # The village in Rutland, England: from Old English oxa (“ox”), genitive plural *exna + tūn, 'the ox farm'.

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