English Explanatory Dictionary

Blaydon

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A town in the Metropolitan Borough of Gateshead, Tyne and Wear, England, which is also known as Blaydon-on-Tyne (OS grid ref NZ1863).
  2. A habitational surname from Old English.

Pronunciation

/ˈbleɪdən/

Word forms

Blaydon Blaydons

Etymology

Perhaps from Old English blāw (“blue”) + dūn (“hill”).

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