Devon
Meanings
name
- A county of England bordered by Cornwall, Somerset, Dorset, the Bristol Channel and the English Channel.
- A river in Leicestershire and Nottinghamshire, England, a tributary to the Trent.
- A river in Clackmannanshire council area and Perth and Kinross council area, Scotland, a tributary of the Forth.
- A place in Canada:
- A town in Leduc County, Alberta.
- A small rural community in Halifax, Nova Scotia.
- A former town in New Brunswick, amalgamated in 1945 into the city of Fredericton.
- A place in the United States:
- A village and neighborhood of Milford, New Haven County, Connecticut.
- An unincorporated community in New Castle County, Delaware.
- An unincorporated community and census-designated place in Bourbon County, Kansas.
- A census-designated place in Easttown Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania.
noun
- One of a breed of hardy cattle originating in Devon, England.
noun
- A type of processed meat sausage.
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Etymology
From Old English Defenas, which meant both "Devonians" and "Devon," exemplifying the common Anglo-Saxon practice of naming a place after the people who inhabit it.
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