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Croydon¹
- /ˈkɹɔɪdən/ UK
Where it comes from
From Old English Crogedene ("saffron valley"), from Old English croh (“saffron”) (< Latin crocus (“saffron”)) + Old English denu (“valley”).
proper noun
- A London borough of Greater London.
- A former airport in Croydon.
- A village and civil parish in South Cambridgeshire district, Cambridgeshire, England (OS grid ref TL3149).
- A hamlet in Stone Mills township, Lennox and Addington County, Ontario, Canada.
- A town in Sullivan County, New Hampshire.
- A census-designated place in Bristol Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania.
- An unincorporated community in Morgan County, Utah.
- A suburb of Kempton Park, Gauteng province, South Africa.
- A suburb of Sydney in the Municipality of Burwood and Inner West council area, New South Wales.
- A town and local government area (the Shire of Croydon) in northern Queensland.
- A suburb of Adelaide in the City of Charles Sturt, South Australia.
- An eastern suburb of Melbourne in the City of Maroondah, Victoria.
noun Croydons
- A kind of carriage like a gig, originally of wickerwork.
croydon²
noun croydons
- A kind of cotton sheeting.
- A calico.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: south croydon, coulsdon, purley, selhurst, addiscombe, old coulsdon, selsdon, norbury, coombe, kenley, broad green, guildford, crayford, crawley, sutton, shirley
Talk about this word "croydon." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/croydon. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. croydon. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/croydon "croydon." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/croydon.Cite this
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title = {croydon},
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