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An English habitational name from any of the numerous places so called, which split more or less evenly into two groups with different etymologies. One set is named from the Old English weak dative hean of heah 'high' + Old English tun'enclosure', 'settlement'. The other has Old English hiwan'household', 'monastery'.

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