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Findon
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English
Etymology
From either en ang finn coarse grass or ang fīn heap, pile, especially of wood + ang dūn hill."Key to English Place Names". Key to English Place Names- Worth Kent. University of Nottingham.
Proper noun
~ s
en uncountable A placename:
en village/and/cpar in dist/Arun co/West Sussex cc/England OS grid ref TQ1208. Parish map (West Sussex)
en coastal village carea/Aberdeenshire cc/Scotland OS grid ref NO9397.
en western suburb city/Adelaide in the city:Pref/Charles Sturt s/South Australia.
en countable en habitational Old English.
Derived terms
en Findon Creek Findon haddock Findon Valley
Statistics
According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Findon is the 18807th most common surname in England, belonging to 249 individuals.
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