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laxton

/lˈækstən/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.96 in modern English

Syllables
lax-ton
IPA
/lˈækstən/
13
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A village and civil parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE7925).

Countable; Uncountable

name

A village and civil parish (without a council) in North Northamptonshire, Northamptonshire, England, previously in East Northamptonshire district (OS grid ref SP9596).

Countable; Uncountable

name

A village in Laxton and Moorhouse parish, Newark and Sherwood district, Nottinghamshire, England (OS grid ref SK7267).

Countable; Uncountable

name

An habitational surname.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

A place name truncated from a great variety of predecessors, the place having been formerly known as Laxington, Lexington, Lexinton, and Lessington. The earliest attestations of the place name are found in the Domesday Book variously as Laxintone and Lexingtune; these Domesday forms derive from the Anglo-Saxon Leaxingatūn, from the Anglo Saxon personal name Leaxa + -ing (“belonging to”) + tun (“settlement”), so meaning "farmstead or estate of the people of a man called Leaxa".

Usage

Inflected Forms

Laxtons (plural)

Rhymes With

paxton braxton saxton caxton claxton axton thaxton haxton thackston blackston

Questions

How do you pronounce laxton?
The recorded pronunciation is /lˈækstən/.
What does laxton mean?
A village and civil parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE7925).
Where does laxton come from?
A place name truncated from a great variety of predecessors, the place having been formerly known as Laxington, Lexington, Lexinton, and Lessington. The earliest attestations of the place name are found in the Domesday Book variously as Laxintone and Lexingtune; these Domesday forms derive from the Anglo-Saxon Leaxingatūn, from the Anglo Saxon personal name Leaxa + -ing (“belonging to”) + tun (“settlement”), so meaning "farmstead or estate of the people of a man called Leaxa".

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