"Colston" meaning in All languages combined

See Colston on Wiktionary

Proper name [English]

Forms: Colstons [plural]
Etymology: From the Old Norse personal name Kolr + -s- + Old English tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”). Etymology templates: {{der|en|non|-}} Old Norse, {{m|non|Kolr}} Kolr, {{m|en|-s-}} -s-, {{der|en|ang|tūn||enclosure; settlement, town}} Old English tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”) Head templates: {{en-proper noun|~|Colstons}} Colston (countable and uncountable, plural Colstons)
  1. (uncountable) A placename:
    A northern suburb of Glasgow, Glasgow council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NS6069).
    Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (place): Places in Scotland, Places in the City of Glasgow, Scotland, Suburbs in the City of Glasgow, Scotland
    Sense id: en-Colston-en-name-B3nxf1Nr Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 57 36 7 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 51 31 18
  2. (uncountable) A placename:
    A hamlet in Puncheston community, Pembrokeshire, Wales (OS grid ref SM9828).
    Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (place): Places in Pembrokeshire, Wales, Places in Wales, Villages in Pembrokeshire, Wales, Villages in Wales
    Sense id: en-Colston-en-name-fh6~kUQ2
  3. A habitational surname. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-Colston-en-name-vgFdcRvx Categories (other): English surnames
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: Car Colston, Colston Bassett

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for Colston meaning in All languages combined (4.4kB)

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