English Explanatory Dictionary

Swinton

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A place in the United Kingdom:
  2. A town in the Metropolitan Borough of Salford, Greater Manchester, England (OS grid ref SD7702).
  3. A village in Swinton with Warthermarske parish, North Yorkshire, England, previously in Harrogate district (OS grid ref SE2179).
  4. A village and civil parish in North Yorkshire, previously in Ryedale district (OS grid ref SE7673).
  5. A town in the Metropolitan Borough of Rotherham, South Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SK4599).
  6. A suburb of Glasgow, Scotland (OS grid ref NS6764).
  7. A village in the Scottish Borders council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NT8347).
  8. An unincorporated community in Stoddard County, Missouri, United States, named after the Swinton family.
  9. A habitational surname from Old English.

Word forms

Swinton Swintons

Etymology

From Old English swīn (“pig, swine, wild boar”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

Derived words

Swinton with Warthermarske
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