Angerton

English

Etymology

From Old English angr (“bay”) + tun (“town”). The first element is related to Proto-Germanic *angijō (“meadow, lowland”).

Proper noun

Angerton

a village in Allerdale, district, Cumbria, England.
A small settlement in South Lakeland district, Cumbria, England.

References

Mills, David (1976) “Directory of Place Names”, in The Place Names of Lancashire, London: Batsford Books, →ISBN, page 55
Kroonen, Guus (2013) “angra”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 28

Anagrams

e-gnorant, egnorant, negatron, nongreat

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