# Rawdon

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /ˈɹɔːdən/ · frequency rank #79,904

## Definitions
1. A village and civil parish in the Metropolitan Borough of Leeds, West Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE2139).
2. A former township in Hastings County, Ontario, Canada, now included in Stirling-Rawdon township.
3. A municipality in Matawinie Regional County Municipality, Lanaudière region, Quebec, Canada.
4. A habitational surname.

## Etymology
From Old Norse rauðr (“red”) + Old English dūn (“hill”).

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-09-02.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/rawdon