Hitchin

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Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A town in North Hertfordshire district, Hertfordshire, England (OS grid ref TL1829).
  2. 2
    A surname transferred from the given name.

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Old English *Hicce, the name of a tribe.

Etymology 2

From a medieval diminutive form of Hitch.

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