# Slapton

> English word · Proper noun

## Definitions
1. A village and civil parish in Buckinghamshire, England, previously in Aylesbury Vale district (OS grid ref SP9320).
2. A village and civil parish in South Hams district, Devon, England (OS grid ref SX8245).
3. A village and civil parish (without a council) in West Northamptonshire, Northamptonshire, England (OS grid ref SP6446).

## Etymology
From Old English slǣp (“slippery place”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/slapton