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Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
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A county of England bordered by Cornwall, Somerset, Dorset, the Bristol Channel and the English Channel.
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A river in Leicestershire and Nottinghamshire, England, a tributary to the Trent.
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A river in Clackmannanshire council area and Perth and Kinross council area, Scotland, a tributary of the Forth.
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A place in Canada:
A town in Leduc County, Alberta.
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A place in Canada:
A small rural community in Halifax, Nova Scotia.
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A place in Canada:
A former town in New Brunswick, amalgamated in 1945 into the city of Fredericton.
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A place in the United States:
A village and neighborhood of the city of Milford, New Haven County, Connecticut.
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A place in the United States:
An unincorporated community in New Castle County, Delaware.
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A place in the United States:
An unincorporated community and census-designated place in Bourbon County, Kansas.
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A place in the United States:
A census-designated place in Easttown Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania.
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A place in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Mingo County, West Virginia.
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A settlement in Gauteng province, South Africa.
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An English earldom.
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A male given name transferred from the place name, or a variant of Devin.
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A female given name transferred from the place name, of modern American usage.
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A surname.
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One of a breed of hardy cattle originating in Devon, England.
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A type of processed meat sausage.
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Usage: Australia, Eastern
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red dual-purpose cattle of English origin
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Broader terms: cattle, cows, kine, oxen, Bos taurus
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a county in southwestern England
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Synonyms: Devonshire
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Broader terms: county
History
From Old English Defenas, which meant both "Devonians" and "Devon," exemplifying the common Anglo-Saxon practice of naming a place after the people who inhabit it.
Across languages
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