Allerton
English
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Etymology
[edit]The name of the English location is possibly from Old English alor (“alder”) + -tun, or possibly it was named for Alfred the Great. It is in the Domesday Book as Alvertune.[1]
Proper noun
[edit]Allerton
- A suburb of Liverpool, Merseyside, England.
- A suburb of Bradford, West Yorkshire, England.
- A village in Illinois, United States.
- A small city in Iowa, United States.
- A neighborhood of the Bronx, New York City.
- A habitational surname from Old English.
Derived terms
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[edit]References
[edit]- Mills, David (1976) “Directory of Place Names”, in The Place Names of Lancashire, London: Batsford Books, →ISBN
Categories:
- English terms derived from Old English
- English lemmas
- English proper nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- en:Suburbs in Merseyside, England
- en:Places in Liverpool
- en:Places in Merseyside, England
- en:Places in England
- en:Suburbs in West Yorkshire, England
- en:Places in West Yorkshire, England
- en:Villages in Illinois, USA
- en:Villages in the United States
- en:Places in Illinois, USA
- en:Places in the United States
- en:Cities in Iowa, USA
- en:Cities in the United States
- en:Places in Iowa, USA
- en:Places in New York City
- en:Places in New York, USA
- English surnames
- English surnames from Old English