English Explanatory Dictionary

Ormiston

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A placename:
  2. A village in East Lothian council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NT4169).
  3. A coastal locality in Redland City, Queensland, Australia.
  4. A hamlet in Rural Municipality of Excel No. 71, Saskatchewan, Canada.
  5. Another name for Flat Bush, Auckland, New Zealand.
  6. A habitational surname.

Word forms

Ormiston Ormistons Ormston

Etymology

From the Old Norse personal name Ormr + -s- + Old English tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

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