English Explanatory Dictionary

Boynton

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A placename:
  2. A village and civil parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref TA136682).
  3. An unincorporated community in Catoosa County, Georgia, United States.
  4. An unincorporated community in Sullivan County, Missouri, United States.
  5. A town in Muskogee County, Oklahoma, United States.
  6. A habitational surname from Old English.

Word forms

Boynton Boyntons

Etymology

From the Old English personal name Bōfa + -ing (“belonging to”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement; town”).

Derived words

Boynton Beach Boynton illusion
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