bainton
/bˈeɪntən/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.54 in modern English
9
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
name
A village and civil parish (served by Bainton and Ashton Parish Council) in the City of Peterborough district, Cambridgeshire, England (OS grid ref TF0906).
Countable; Uncountable
name
A village and civil parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE9652).
Countable; Uncountable
name
A hamlet in Stoke Lyne parish, Cherwell district, Oxfordshire, England (OS grid ref SP5827).
Countable; Uncountable
Etymology
Various origins: * The village in the East Riding of Yorkshire was recorded as Bagentone in the Domesday Book, suggesting a derivation from the Old English personal name Bǣga + -ing (“belonging to”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”). * The hamlet in Oxfordshire was recorded as Baditone in the Domesday Book, suggesting a derivation from the Old English personal name Bada + -ing (“belonging to”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).
Origin
- Source language: Old English
Word Breakdown
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