English Explanatory Dictionary

Wigton

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A market town and civil parish in Cumberland council area, Cumbria, England, previously in Allerdale district (OS grid ref NY255481).
  2. A habitational surname from Old English.

Word forms

Wigton Wigtons

Etymology

From the Old English personal name Wicga, a byname from wicga (“earwig”), + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

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