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Horton en · PROPN

Pronunciation

  • [ˈɡɔɹɾn̩] (General-American)
  • [ˈɡɔɹʔn̩] (General-American)
  • /ˈhɔɹ.tən/ (General-American)
  • /ˈhɔː.tən/ (Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

The majority of the English toponyms derive from Old English horh (“mud, slime”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement”). The village in Gloucestershire derives from Old English heorot (“stag, hart”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement”)

Meanings

  1. (countable, uncountable) A town and locality in the Bundaberg Region, Queensland, Australia.
  2. (countable, uncountable) A township in Renfrew County, Ontario, Canada.
  3. (countable, uncountable) A number of places in England: ▸ A village and civil parish in Windsor and Maidenhead borough, Berkshire (OS grid ref TQ0175).
  4. (countable, uncountable) A number of places in England: ▸ A hamlet in Ivinghoe civil parish, Aylesbury Vale district, Buckinghamshire (OS grid ref SP9219).
  5. (countable, uncountable) A number of places in England: ▸ A former civil parish, in full, Horton by Malpas, now in Shocklach Oviatt and District civil parish, Cheshire West and Chester borough, Cheshire (OS grid ref SJ4549); the local hamlet is Horton Green.
  6. (countable, uncountable) A number of places in England: ▸ A village and civil parish in Dorset, previously in East Dorset district (OS grid ref SU0307).
  7. (countable, uncountable) A number of places in England: ▸ A village and civil parish in South Gloucestershire district, Gloucestershire (OS grid ref ST7584).
  8. (countable, uncountable) A number of places in England: ▸ A village and civil parish in Ribble Valley district, Lancashire (OS grid ref SD8550).
  9. (countable, uncountable) A number of places in England: ▸ A village in Hackleton parish, West Northamptonshire, Northamptonshire, previously in South Northamptonshire district (OS grid ref SP8254).
  10. (countable, uncountable) A number of places in England: ▸ A rural locality and former civil parish, now in Blyth parish, Northumberland, formerly in Blyth Valley borough (OS grid ref NZ2779).
  11. (countable, uncountable) A number of places in England: ▸ Two settlements, East Horton and West Horton, in Chatton parish, Northumberland (OS grid ref NU0230).
  12. (countable, uncountable) A number of places in England: ▸ A hamlet and manor in Wem Rural civil parish, Shropshire.
  13. (countable, uncountable) A number of places in England: ▸ A village and civil parish in Somerset, previously in South Somerset district (OS grid ref ST3214).
  14. (countable, uncountable) A number of places in England: ▸ A small village and civil parish in Staffordshire Moorlands district, Staffordshire (OS grid ref SJ9457).
  15. (countable, uncountable) A number of places in England: ▸ A hamlet in Bishops Cannings civil parish, Wiltshire (OS grid ref SU0463).
  16. (countable, uncountable) A small village in Penrice community, southern Gower peninsula, Swansea, Wales (OS grid ref SS4785).
  17. (countable, uncountable) A number of places in the United States: ▸ An unincorporated community in Marshall County, Alabama.
  18. (countable, uncountable) A number of places in the United States: ▸ A ghost town in Inyo County, California.
  19. (countable, uncountable) A number of places in the United States: ▸ A small city in Brown County, Kansas.
  20. (countable, uncountable) A number of places in the United States: ▸ An unincorporated community in Hubbard County, Minnesota.
  21. (countable, uncountable) A number of places in the United States: ▸ An unincorporated community in Howell County, Missouri.
  22. (countable, uncountable) A number of places in the United States: ▸ An unincorporated community in Vernon County, Missouri.
  23. (countable, uncountable) A number of places in the United States: ▸ An unincorporated community in Lane County, Oregon.
  24. (countable, uncountable) A number of places in the United States: ▸ An unincorporated community in Randolph County, West Virginia.
  25. (countable, uncountable) A habitational surname from Old English.

Forms

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Hortons Number=Plur lexicographic

Deriveds

Monks Horton · Horton in Ribblesdale · Tim Hortons · Upper Horton · Horton Kirby · Horton's syndrome · Great Horton · Horton Green · Hortonville

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