Rottingdean

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A village in the city of Brighton and Hove, East Sussex, England (OS grid ref TQ3702).

Word forms

Rottingdean

Etymology

Perhaps the valley of the people associated with Rōta (a male personal name, probably the leader of a band of invading Saxons). The first recorded mention is Rotingeden, in the Domesday Book.

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