English Explanatory Dictionary

Skipton

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A market town and civil parish with a town council in North Yorkshire, England, previously in Craven district (OS grid ref SD9851).
  2. A habitational surname from Old English.
  3. A town in the Shire of Corangamite and the Shire of Pyrenees, south western Victoria, Australia

Word forms

Skipton Skiptons

Etymology

From Old English sċēap (“sheep”) (with change from sh to sk due to Scandinavian influence) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

Derived words

Skipton-on-Swale
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