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sancton

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
sanc-ton
IPA
9
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A village and civil parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE901392).

Countable; Uncountable

name

A habitational surname from Old English.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

Recorded as Sandtona in the Pipe rolls, the placename derives from Old English sand (“sand”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”). The first part of the name arose through popular association with Old English sanct (“saint”).

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Usage

Inflected Forms

Sanctons (plural)

Questions

What does sancton mean?
A village and civil parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE901392).
Where does sancton come from?
It is traced to Old English.

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