Dunton

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Dunton

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From Old English dūn (“hill”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

proper noun Duntons

  1. countable, uncountable A village and civil parish in Central Bedfordshire district, Bedfordshire, England (OS grid ref TL2344).
  2. countable, uncountable A village and civil parish in Buckinghamshire, England, previously in Aylesbury Vale district (OS grid ref SP822241).
  3. countable, uncountable A village and civil parish in North Norfolk district, Norfolk, England (OS grid ref TF879303).
  4. countable A habitational surname from Old English.

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@misc{dunton_2026,
  title = {Dunton},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/dunton},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}