English Explanatory Dictionary

Ashdown

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A surname from Old English.
  2. A city, the county seat of Little River County, Arkansas, United States.

Word forms

Ashdown Ashdowns

Etymology

Perhaps a habitational surname from a lost place in Berkshire, from Old English æsċ (“ash tree”) + dūn (“mountain, hill”); compare Ashdon, which shares the same etymology. The Battle of Ashdown refers to it.

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