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Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

aughton

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.25 in modern English

Syllables
aughton
IPA
11
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
1
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A placename:

Countable; Uncountable

name

A placename:

Countable; Uncountable

name

A placename:

Countable; Uncountable

name

A placename:

Countable; Uncountable

name

A placename:

Countable; Uncountable

name

A habitational surname from Old English.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

From Old English āc (“oak”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”); compare the doublet Acton.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

Aughtons (plural)

Phrases

Aston cum Aughton Aughton Park Halton-with-Aughton

Questions

What does aughton mean?
A placename:
Where does aughton come from?
It is traced to Old English.

How to pronounce aughton

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