Ashdown

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Ashdown

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Perhaps a habitational surname from a lost place in Berkshire, from Old English æsċ (“ash tree”) + dūn (“mountain, hill”); compare Ashdon, which shares the same etymology. The Battle of Ashdown refers to it.

proper noun Ashdowns

countable, uncountable A surname from Old English.
countable, uncountable A city, the county seat of Little River County, Arkansas, United States.

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@misc{ashdown_2026,
  title = {Ashdown},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/ashdown},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}