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Badminton.

A small village and civil parish in South Gloucestershire district, Gloucestershire, England (OS grid ref ST8082).

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  1. A small village and civil parish in South Gloucestershire district, Gloucestershire, England (OS grid ref ST8082).

  2. A community in the Glyncoed area, Blaenau Gwent borough county borough, Wales.

Where this word comes from

The place name is from Old English Badimyncgtun (“estate of (a man called) Baduhelm”), from the personal name *Bad (possibly also found in Frankish Badon) + helm + -ing + -tun.

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