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Putney

  • /ˈpʌtni/ UK

Rhymes with -ʌtni

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From Old English personal name Putta, genitive case Puttan + hȳþ (“landing place”).

proper noun Pudney

  1. A surname.
  2. A suburban town in the borough of Wandsworth, Greater London, England (OS grid ref TQ2475).
  3. An unincorporated community in Georgia, United States.
  4. An unincorporated community in Kentucky.
  5. A town in Windham County, Vermont.
  6. An unincorporated community in West Virginia.
  7. A suburb of Sydney, New South Wales.

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@misc{putney_2026,
  title = {Putney},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/putney},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}