English Explanatory Dictionary

Kempton

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A placename:
  2. A village in Clunbury parish, Shropshire, England (OS grid ref SO359829).
  3. A village in Ford County, Illinois, United States.
  4. A town in Tipton County, Indiana, United States.
  5. A ghost town in Garrett County, Maryland, United States.
  6. An unincorporated community in Grand Forks County, North Dakota, United States.
  7. A town in Berks County, Pennsylvania, United States.
  8. A village in Southern Midlands council area, Tasmania, Australia.
  9. A habitational surname from Old English.

Word forms

Kempton Kemptons

Etymology

From the Old English personal name *Cempa, a byname from cempa (“soldier, warrior”), + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

Derived words

Kempton Park
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