Santon
A hamlet in North Lincolnshire district, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref SE9312).
A depopulated village near Santon Downham in Breckland, Norfolk, England (OS grid ref TL8287).
A parish on the Isle of Man (OS grid ref SC3273).
• annots., nantos, non-TAS, sonant, stanno-
santon (plural santons)
A Muslim holy man.
In France (originally Provence), a small, hand-painted, terracotta figurine of a nativity character.
• annots., nantos, non-TAS, sonant, stanno-
Source: Wiktionary
San"ton, n. Etym: [Sp. santon, augment fr. santo holy, L. sanctus.]
Definition: A Turkish saint; a kind of dervish, regarded by the people as a saint: also, a hermit.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
23 February 2025
(noun) an advantageous purchase; “she got a bargain at the auction”; “the stock was a real buy at that price”
According to Guinness World Records, on 25 September 2016, the Birla Institute of Management Technology (India) in Uttar Pradesh, India, constructed the largest coffee cups pyramid consisting of 23,821 cups. They used paper takeaway coffee cups to build the pyramid.
