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Roughton.

A placename:

8 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

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  1. A placename: A village and civil parish in East Lindsey district, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref TF2464).

    countable · uncountable
  2. A placename: A village and civil parish in North Norfolk district, Norfolk, England (OS grid ref TG2137).

    countable · uncountable
  3. A placename: A hamlet in Worfield parish, south Shropshire, England, east of Bridgnorth (OS grid ref SO7594).

    countable · uncountable
  4. A habitational surname.

    countable
Where this word comes from

From either Old Norse rugr (“rye”) or Old English rūh (“rough”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”); compare the doublet Rowton.

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