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Colton en · PROPN

Pronunciation

  • [ˈkʰoʊ̯l.ʔn̩] (US)
  • /koʊl.tən/ (US)
  • [ˈkʰoʊ̯l.tʰ(ə)n] (US)

Etymology

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

Meanings

  1. (countable, uncountable) 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).
  2. (countable, uncountable) A placename: ▸ A number of places in England: ▸ A village in Marlingford and Colton parish, South Norfolk district, Norfolk (OS grid ref TG1009).
  3. (countable, uncountable) 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).
  4. (countable, uncountable) A placename: ▸ A number of places in England: ▸ A village and civil parish in Lichfield district, north of Rugeley, Staffordshire (OS grid ref SK0520).
  5. (countable, uncountable) 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).
  6. (countable, uncountable) A placename: ▸ A number of places in England: ▸ An eastern suburb of the City of Leeds, West Yorkshire (OS grid ref SE3632).
  7. (countable, uncountable) A placename: ▸ A number of places in the United States: ▸ A city in San Bernardino County, California.
  8. (countable, uncountable) A placename: ▸ A number of places in the United States: ▸ An unincorporated community in Cheyenne County, Nebraska.
  9. (countable, uncountable) A placename: ▸ A number of places in the United States: ▸ A town and census-designated place therein, in St. Lawrence County, New York.
  10. (countable, uncountable) A placename: ▸ A number of places in the United States: ▸ An unincorporated community in Washington Township, Henry County, Ohio.
  11. (countable, uncountable) A placename: ▸ A number of places in the United States: ▸ An unincorporated community in Clackamas County, Oregon.
  12. (countable, uncountable) A placename: ▸ A number of places in the United States: ▸ A minor city in Minnehaha County, South Dakota.
  13. (countable, uncountable) A placename: ▸ A number of places in the United States: ▸ A ghost town in Utah County, Utah.
  14. (countable, uncountable) A placename: ▸ A number of places in the United States: ▸ A town in Whitman County, Washington.
  15. (countable, uncountable) A placename: ▸ A locality in Elliston district council area, South Australia, named after John Colton (politician).
  16. (countable) An English and Scottish habitational surname from Old English derived from any of these places in Britain.
  17. (countable) A male given name transferred from the surname.

Forms

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Deriveds

Marlingford and Colton

Relateds

Coalton · Coaltown · Coal Town

Translations (3)

ja コルトン (city in California) · ar كولتون (city in California) · es Colton (city in California)