English Explanatory Dictionary

Findon

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A placename:
  2. A village and civil parish in Arun district, West Sussex, England (OS grid ref TQ1208).
  3. A coastal village in Aberdeenshire council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NO9397).
  4. A western suburb of Adelaide in the City of Charles Sturt, South Australia.
  5. A habitational surname from Old English.

Word forms

Findon Findons

Etymology

From either Old English finn (“coarse grass”) or fīn (“heap, pile, especially of wood”) + dūn (“hill”).

Derived words

Findon Creek Findon haddock Findon Valley
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