Monkton
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old English munuc (“monk”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).
Proper noun[edit]
Monkton (countable and uncountable, plural Monktons)
- A village and civil parish in East Devon district, Devon, England (OS grid ref ST186710).
- A village and civil parish in Thanet district, Kent, England (OS grid ref TR286649).
- A village near Pembroke, Pembrokeshire, Wales (OS grid ref SM973015).
- A village in Monkton and Prestwick parish, South Ayrshire, Scotland (OS grid ref NS356842).
- An unincorporated community in Baltimore County, Maryland, United States.
- A town in Addison County, Vermont, United States.
- A habitational surname from Old English.
Derived terms[edit]
Statistics[edit]
- According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Monkton is the 23605th most common surname in England, belonging to 177 individuals.
Further reading[edit]
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Monkton”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 610.
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- English terms derived from Old English
- English lemmas
- English proper nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- English countable nouns
- en:Villages in Devon, England
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- en:Villages in Kent, England
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- en:Villages in Pembrokeshire, Wales
- en:Villages in Wales
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- en:Villages in Scotland
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- en:Unincorporated communities in Maryland, USA
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- en:Towns in Vermont, USA
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- en:Places in Vermont, USA
- English surnames
- English surnames from Old English