Elton
proper nounproper nounattested in dialogue
- //ˈɛltən//
A male given name from Old English.
proper noun
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A male given name from Old English.
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A surname from Old English.
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A rural municipality of Manitoba, Canada.
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Several places in England: A village and civil parish in Huntingdonshire district, Cambridgeshire, on the boundary with Northamptonshire (OS grid ref TL0893).
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Several places in England: A village and civil parish in Cheshire West and Chester district, Cheshire (OS grid ref SJ4575).
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Several places in England: A village and civil parish in Stockton-on-Tees borough, County Durham (OS grid ref NZ4017).
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Several places in England: A village and civil parish in Derbyshire Dales district, Derbyshire (OS grid ref SK2260).
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Several places in England: A suburb of Bury, Greater Manchester (OS grid ref SD7910).
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Several places in England: A village and civil parish in north Herefordshire (OS grid ref SO4570).
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Several places in the United States: A town in Jefferson Davis Parish, Louisiana.
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Several places in the United States: A ghost town in Custer County, Nebraska.
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Several places in the United States: An unincorporated community in Monmouth County, New Jersey.
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Several places in the United States: An unincorporated community in Cambria County, Pennsylvania.
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Several places in the United States: An unincorporated community in Summers County, West Virginia.
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Several places in the United States: An unincorporated community in Langlade County, Wisconsin.
Etymology
From a number of sources, including: # For the places in Cheshire, County Durham, and Derbyshire, England: from Old English ēl (“eel”) + tūn (“farm, village”) since the village is situated above a small stream. Less likely, from Old English personal name Ella + tūn. # For the place in Cambridgeshire, England: from Middle English Adelintune, from Old English æþeling (“prince”) + tūn (“estate”). # For the place in Gloucestershire, England: from Middle English Elwinton, from Old English personal name Ælfwine + tūn (“estate”). # For the place in Herefordshire, England: from Middle English Elintona, from Old English *æling (“eel fishery”) + tūn (“estate”), in reference to nearby Wigmore Lake. # For the place in Nottinghamshire, England, see Elton on the Hill.
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A lake in Volgograd Oblast, Russia, close to Kazakhstan border
Etymology
Transliteration of Russian Эльтон (Elʹton) of disputed origin.
Elton · A male given name from Old English.
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