"Potton" meaning in English

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Proper name

Forms: Pottons [plural]
Etymology: From Old English pott (“pot”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”). Etymology templates: {{der|en|ang|pott||pot}} Old English pott (“pot”), {{m|ang|tūn||enclosure; settlement, town}} tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”) Head templates: {{en-proper noun|~|s}} Potton (countable and uncountable, plural Pottons)
  1. A town and civil parish with a town council in Central Bedfordshire, Bedfordshire, England (OS grid ref TL2249). Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (place): Civil parishes of England, Places in Bedfordshire, England, Places in England, Towns in Bedfordshire, England, Towns in England
    Sense id: en-Potton-en-name-STzCBDPI Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 50 13 37
  2. A township municipality in Memphrémagog Regional County Municipality, Quebec, Canada. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (place): Municipalities of Canada, Places in Canada, Places in Quebec, Townships in Canada, Townships in Quebec
    Sense id: en-Potton-en-name-rQ1qTKZW
  3. A habitational surname from Old English. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-Potton-en-name-zLJicHqr Categories (other): English surnames
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: Potton Island

Inflected forms

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