English Explanatory Dictionary

Haddon

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A surname.
  2. A village and civil parish in Huntingdonshire district, Cambridgeshire, England (OS grid ref TL1392).
  3. A suburb of Johannesburg in Gauteng province, South Africa.
  4. A township in Golden Plains Shire, Victoria, Australia.
  5. A township in Sullivan County, Indiana, United States.
  6. A township in Camden County, New Jersey, United States.

Word forms

Haddon Haddons

Etymology

# For the place in Cambridgeshire: 'Hædda's Hill', from Middle English Haddedune, from Old English personal name Headda + dūn (“hill”). # For all other places in England (including derivative compounds): 'Heath Hill', from Old English hæþ (“heath”) + dūn (“hill”).

Derived words

Haddonfield
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