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Went.

A surname from Middle English.

4 characters1 syllables approx.English language

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  1. A surname from Middle English.

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  2. The River Went, a river in West Yorkshire, North Yorkshire, South Yorkshire and East Riding of Yorkshire, England, a tributary of the River Don. It forms the boundary between South Yorkshire and both North Yorkshire and the East Riding in its lower reaches.

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Where this word comes from

Topographic surname, from Middle English went (“crossroad, passage”).

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