Croydon

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A large town in the south of Greater London, England, historically in the county of Surrey (OS grid ref TQ3265).
  2. A London borough of Greater London.
  3. A former airport in Croydon.
  4. A village and civil parish in South Cambridgeshire district, Cambridgeshire, England (OS grid ref TL3149).
  5. A hamlet in Stone Mills township, Lennox and Addington County, Ontario, Canada.
  6. A place in the United States:
  7. A town in Sullivan County, New Hampshire.
  8. A census-designated place in Bristol Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania.
  9. An unincorporated community in Morgan County, Utah.
  10. A suburb of Kempton Park, Gauteng province, South Africa.
  11. A place in Australia:
  12. A suburb of Sydney in the Municipality of Burwood and Inner West council area, New South Wales.
noun
  1. A kind of carriage like a gig, originally of wickerwork.
noun
  1. A kind of cotton sheeting.
  2. A calico.

Pronunciation

/ˈkɹɔɪdən/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Rho9998-Croydon.wav

Word forms

Croydon Croydons

Etymology

From Old English Crogedene ("saffron valley"), from Old English croh (“saffron”) (< Latin crocus (“saffron”)) + Old English denu (“valley”).

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