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Boldon.

A group of three villages in the Metropolitan Borough of South Tyneside, Tyne and Wear, England: Boldon Colliery (OS grid ref NZ3462), East Boldon (OS NZ3661) and West Boldon (OS NZ3561).

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name/ˈboʊldən/
  1. A group of three villages in the Metropolitan Borough of South Tyneside, Tyne and Wear, England: Boldon Colliery (OS grid ref NZ3462), East Boldon (OS NZ3661) and West Boldon (OS NZ3561).

    countable · uncountable
  2. A habitational surname from Old English.

    countable · uncountable
Where this word comes from

From the unattested Old English word *bol (“round”) + dūn (“hill”).

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