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Name Origin
There is a village named
Pillon in the far NW of the France in Meuse,
near the border with Luxemborg. The origin of the town or family name
is largely unknown. But here are some possibilites;
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Pilon
- is recorded to have it's geographical origin in the Department of
Tarn-et-Garonne, canton of de Montpezat, near Montauban in the Causses
Mountain area of south central France. See the section of France on
the
Maps page.
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Pilo - comes from the Greek translation of the Hebrew name
"Yedidyah" (Friend of God).
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Pile
- in French means "a strong short peg or post, a wooden
leg".
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PLON -
was
stamped onto certain British-Roman coins during the years 287 to 325 and
from 383 to 388 AD. The "P" stood for Pecunia, meaning money, and the
"LON" stood for the mint of manufacture in Londinium (today London).
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Pilum - A heavy javelin used
by the Romans.
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