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monkton

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.94 in modern English

Syllables
monk-ton
IPA
13
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A village and civil parish in East Devon district, Devon, England (OS grid ref ST186710).

Countable; Uncountable

name

A village and civil parish in Thanet district, Kent, England (OS grid ref TR286649).

Countable; Uncountable

name

A suburb of Hebburn, Metropolitan Borough of South Tyneside, Tyne and Wear, England (OS grid ref NZ3263).

Countable; Uncountable

name

A village in Monkton and Prestwick parish, South Ayrshire, Scotland (OS grid ref NS356842).

Countable; Uncountable

name

A village in Pembroke community, Pembrokeshire, Wales (OS grid ref SM973015).

Countable; Uncountable

name

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).

Countable; Uncountable

name

An unincorporated community in Baltimore County, Maryland, United States.

Countable; Uncountable

name

A town in Addison County, Vermont, United States.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

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

Origin

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

Monktons (plural)

Phrases

Monkton Combe Monkton Farleigh Moor Monkton Nun Monkton West Monkton Winterborne Monkton

Questions

What does monkton mean?
A village and civil parish in East Devon district, Devon, England (OS grid ref ST186710).
Where does monkton come from?
It is traced to Old English.

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