"Cawston" meaning in English

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Proper name

Forms: Cawstons [plural], Cason [alternative]
Etymology: Recorded as Caustune in the Domesday Book, it probably derives from the genitive case of the Old Norse personal name Kalfr + -s- + Old English tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”). Etymology templates: {{der|en|non|-}} Old Norse, {{der|en|ang|tūn||enclosure; settlement, town}} Old English tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”) Head templates: {{en-proper-noun|~|s}} Cawston (countable and uncountable, plural Cawstons)
  1. A village and civil parish in Broadland district, Norfolk, England (OS grid ref TG136312). Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (place): Civil parishes of Norfolk, England, Places in England, Places in Norfolk, England, Villages in England, Villages in Norfolk, England
    Sense id: en-Cawston-en-name-TwvuNBNJ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 43 44 12 1 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 42 41 13 4 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 41 41 15 4
  2. A village and civil parish in Rugby borough, Warwickshire, England (OS grid ref SP4773). Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (place): Civil parishes of Warwickshire, England, Places in England, Places in Warwickshire, England, Villages in England, Villages in Warwickshire, England
    Sense id: en-Cawston-en-name-IZT4NDbE Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 43 44 12 1 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 42 41 13 4 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 41 41 15 4
  3. A rural community in the Regional District of Okanagan-Similkameen, British Columbia, Canada, named after rancher R. L. Cawston. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (place): Places in British Columbia, Canada, Places in Canada, Villages in British Columbia, Canada, Villages in Canada
    Sense id: en-Cawston-en-name-U7nVoKel Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 43 44 12 1 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 42 41 13 4 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 41 41 15 4
  4. A habitational surname. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-Cawston-en-name-vgFdcRvx Categories (other): English surnames

Inflected forms

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