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Rolleston.

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9 characters3 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

name/ˈɹɒləstən/UK

  1. A placename: A small village and civil parish in Harborough district, Leicestershire, England (OS grid ref SK7300).

    countable · uncountable

  2. A placename: A village and civil parish in Newark and Sherwood district, Nottinghamshire, England (OS grid ref SK7452).

    countable · uncountable

  3. A placename: Ellipsis of Rolleston on Dove: a village and civil parish in East Staffordshire district, Staffordshire, England (OS grid ref SK2327).

    abbreviation · alt-of · countable · ellipsis · uncountable

  4. A placename: A small town in the Central Highlands Region, Queensland, Australia.

    countable · uncountable

  5. A placename: A town in Selwyn district, Canterbury, New Zealand.

    countable · uncountable

  6. A habitational surname.

    countable
Where this word comes from

From the Old Norse personal name Hrólfr + -s- + Old English tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

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