Antonyms for
devon
A county of England bordered by Cornwall, Somerset, Dorset, the Bristol Channel and the English Channel.
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No Antonyms Found for Devon

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All Definitions for Devon

Below are all the dictionary definitions of devon:

1A county of England bordered by Cornwall, Somerset, Dorset, the Bristol Channel and the English Channel.
2A river in Leicestershire and Nottinghamshire, England, a tributary to the Trent.
3A river in Clackmannanshire council area and Perth and Kinross council area, Scotland, a tributary of the Forth.
4A place in Canada:
5A town in Leduc County, Alberta.
6A small rural community in Halifax, Nova Scotia.
7A former town in New Brunswick, amalgamated in 1945 into the city of Fredericton.
8A place in the United States:
9A village and neighborhood of Milford, New Haven County, Connecticut.
10An unincorporated community in New Castle County, Delaware.
11An unincorporated community and census-designated place in Bourbon County, Kansas.
12A census-designated place in Easttown Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania.
13An unincorporated community in Mingo County, West Virginia.
14A settlement in Gauteng province, South Africa.
15An English earldom.
16A male given name transferred from the place name, or a variant of Devin.
17A female given name transferred from the place name, of modern American usage.
18A surname.
19One of a breed of hardy cattle originating in Devon, England.
20A type of processed meat sausage.

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