Dunstable Pond
lake or loch · Wiltshire
Old EnglishSurmised
Probable2 sources · name elements
Dunstable Pond likely derives from the Old English place name 'Dunstable', meaning 'Dunn's settlement' or 'hill settlement'. The pond is located in or near this settlement.
Word origins
- Dunstable
- Old EnglishAttestedDunn's settlement, hill settlement(from dun- "hill", stapol- "post, pillar, settlement")
- Pond
- Old Englishpond(from pond- "pond")