English Explanatory Dictionary

Denton

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A number of places in England:
  2. A hamlet in Denton and Caldecote parish, Huntingdonshire district, Cambridgeshire (OS grid ref TL1587).
  3. A village and civil parish in Darlington borough, County Durham (OS grid ref NZ2118).
  4. A village in Newhaven parish, Lewes district, East Sussex (OS grid ref TQ4502).
  5. A town in the Metropolitan Borough of Tameside, Greater Manchester (OS grid ref SJ9295).
  6. A village in Denton with Wootton parish, Dover district, Kent (OS grid ref TR2147).
  7. A village and civil parish in South Kesteven district, Lincolnshire (OS grid ref SK8632).
  8. A village and civil parish in South Norfolk district, Norfolk (OS grid ref TM2788).
  9. A village and civil parish in West Northamptonshire district, Northamptonshire (OS grid ref SP8357).
  10. A hamlet and civil parish in Harrogate district, North Yorkshire (OS grid ref SE1448).
  11. A hamlet in Cuddesdon and Denton parish, South Oxfordshire district, Oxfordshire (OS grid ref SP5902).
  12. A number of places in the United States:

Pronunciation

/ˈdɛn.tən/ /ˈdɪn.tən/ [ˈdɪnʔn̩]

Word forms

Denton Dentons

Etymology

From Old English denu (“valley, den”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

Derived words

Cuddesdon and Denton Denton and Caldecote Denton County Denton Holme Denton with Wootton Nether Denton Upper Denton
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