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Monkton

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From Old English munuc (“monk”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

proper noun Monktons

  1. countable, uncountable A village and civil parish in East Devon district, Devon, England (OS grid ref ST186710).
  2. countable, uncountable A village and civil parish in Thanet district, Kent, England (OS grid ref TR286649).
  3. countable, uncountable A suburb of Hebburn, Metropolitan Borough of South Tyneside, Tyne and Wear, England (OS grid ref NZ3263).
  4. countable, uncountable A village in Monkton and Prestwick parish, South Ayrshire, Scotland (OS grid ref NS356842).
  5. countable, uncountable A village in Pembroke community, Pembrokeshire, Wales (OS grid ref SM973015).
  6. countable, uncountable A locality in St Donats community and Wick community, Vale of Glamorgan borough, Wales, divided into East, West, and Lower Monkton (OS grid ref SS9271).
  7. countable, uncountable An unincorporated community in Baltimore County, Maryland, United States.
  8. countable, uncountable A town in Addison County, Vermont, United States.
  9. countable, uncountable A habitational surname from Old English.

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"Monkton." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/monkton. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

APA

Monkton. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/monkton

Chicago

"Monkton." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/monkton.

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@misc{monkton_2026,
  title = {Monkton},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/monkton},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}