English Explanatory Dictionary

Groton

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A village and civil parish in Babergh district, Suffolk, England (OS grid ref TL9541).
  2. A town and city in New London County, Connecticut, United States.
  3. A town in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States.
  4. A town in Grafton County, New Hampshire, United States.
  5. A town and village in Tompkins County, New York, United States.
  6. A city in Brown County, South Dakota, United States.
  7. A town in Caledonia County, Vermont, United States.

Word forms

Groton

Etymology

In Suffolk, recorded as Grotena in 1086 (DB), probably from Old English groten + ēa (“sandy or gravelly stream”). Places in the United States were directly or indirectly named after this village.

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