English Explanatory Dictionary

Nettleton

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A placename:
  2. A village and civil parish in West Lindsey district, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref TA1000).
  3. A village and civil parish in Wiltshire, England (OS grid ref ST8278).
  4. An unincorporated community in Edwards County, Kansas, United States.
  5. A town in Monroe County, Mississippi, United States.
  6. An unincorporated community in Caldwell County, Missouri, United States.
  7. A habitational surname from Old English.

Word forms

Nettleton Nettletons

Etymology

From Old English netele (“nettle”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

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