name ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Proper Noun

1. 1
   A hamlet in Ponoka County, Alberta, Canada.
2. 2
   A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Cherokee County, Alabama.
3. 3
   A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Yell County, Arkansas.
4. 4
   A number of places in the United States:; A town in Clay County, Georgia.
5. 5
   A number of places in the United States:; A city in Harrison Township and Lancaster Township, the county seat of Wells County, Indiana.

Show 4 more definitions

6. 6
   A number of places in the United States:; A minor city and township in Otter Tail County, Minnesota, named for river bluffs.
7. 7
   A number of places in the United States:; A village in Allen County and Hancock County, Ohio, originally known as Shannon.
8. 8
   A number of places in the United States:; A town in Beaufort County, South Carolina, partly situated on a river bluff.
9. 9
   A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Llano County, Texas.

Etymology

From bluff + -ton.

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.