Colton

proper nounattested in dialogue

United States//koʊl.tən//
United States/[ˈkʰoʊ̯l.tʰ(ə)n]/
United States/[ˈkʰoʊ̯l.ʔn̩]/

A placename: A number of places in England: A civil parish and small village in Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, previously in South Lakeland district (OS grid ref SD3186).

proper noun

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A placename: A number of places in England: A civil parish and small village in Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, previously in South Lakeland district (OS grid ref SD3186).
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A placename: A number of places in England: A village in Marlingford and Colton parish, South Norfolk district, Norfolk (OS grid ref TG1009).
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A placename: A number of places in England: A village and civil parish (served by Bolton Percy, Colton and Steeton parish council) in North Yorkshire, previously in Selby district (OS grid ref SE5444).
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A placename: A number of places in England: A village and civil parish in Lichfield district, north of Rugeley, Staffordshire (OS grid ref SK0520).
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A placename: A number of places in England: A locality in Great Barton parish, West Suffolk district, Suffolk, previously in St Edmundsbury district (OS grid ref TL8766).
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A placename: A number of places in England: An eastern suburb of the City of Leeds, West Yorkshire (OS grid ref SE3632).
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A placename: A number of places in the United States: A city in San Bernardino County, California.
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A placename: A number of places in the United States: An unincorporated community in Cheyenne County, Nebraska.
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A placename: A number of places in the United States: A town and census-designated place therein, in St. Lawrence County, New York.
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A placename: A number of places in the United States: An unincorporated community in Washington Township, Henry County, Ohio.
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A placename: A number of places in the United States: An unincorporated community in Clackamas County, Oregon.
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A placename: A number of places in the United States: A minor city in Minnehaha County, South Dakota.
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A placename: A number of places in the United States: A ghost town in Utah County, Utah.
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A placename: A number of places in the United States: A town in Whitman County, Washington.
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A placename: A locality in Elliston district council area, South Australia, named after John Colton (politician).
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An English and Scottish habitational surname from Old English derived from any of these places in Britain.
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A male given name transferred from the surname.

Etymology

From Old English cola (“coal”) + tun (“settlement”).

Forms

plural: Coltons

colours · Flag denoting the nationality of a vessel, flown from the…colt · A young male horse.Colt · A surname originating as an occupation.

Colton · A placename: A number of places in England: A civil parish and small village in Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, previously in South Lakeland…

Columbia · America; the United States; an appellation given in honor of…Columbo · A surname from Italian.Columbus · A male given name from Latin.

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