Littleton

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Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A village in County Tipperary, Ireland. countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    A locality in the Lithgow council area, eastern New South Wales, Australia. countable, uncountable
  3. 3
    A number of places in England:; A village and civil parish in Cheshire West and Chester borough, Cheshire (OS grid ref SJ4466). countable, uncountable
  4. 4
    A number of places in England:; A hamlet in Blandford St Mary parish, Dorset (OS grid ref ST8904). countable, uncountable
  5. 5
    A number of places in England:; A village in Littleton and Harestock parish, Winchester district, Hampshire (OS grid ref SU4532). countable, uncountable
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  1. 6
    A number of places in England:; A hamlet in Chew Magna parish, Bath and North East Somerset council area, Somerset (OS grid ref ST5563). countable, uncountable
  2. 7
    A number of places in England:; A hamlet in Compton Dundon parish, Somerset, previously in South Somerset district (OS grid ref ST4930). countable, uncountable
  3. 8
    A number of places in England:; A hamlet in Artington parish, Guildford borough, Surrey (OS grid ref SU9847). countable, uncountable
  4. 9
    A number of places in England:; A village near Shepperton, Spelthorne borough, Surrey (OS grid ref TQ0768). countable, uncountable
  5. 10
    A number of places in England:; A hamlet in Semington parish, Wiltshire (OS grid ref ST9060). countable, uncountable
  6. 11
    A number of places in the United States:; A home rule municipality, the county seat of Arapahoe County, Colorado. countable, uncountable

    "In 1999 at Columbine High School in Littleton, Colorado, 18-year-old Eric Harris and 17-year-old Dylan Klebold killed 12 of their fellow students and a teacher before taking their own lives in the school library."

  7. 12
    A number of places in the United States:; A village in Schuyler County, Illinois. countable, uncountable
  8. 13
    A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Buchanan County, Iowa. countable, uncountable
  9. 14
    A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Clay County, Kentucky. countable, uncountable
  10. 15
    A number of places in the United States:; A town in Aroostook County, Maine. countable, uncountable
  11. 16
    A number of places in the United States:; A town in Middlesex County, Massachusetts. countable, uncountable
  12. 17
    A number of places in the United States:; A town in Grafton County, New Hampshire. countable, uncountable
  13. 18
    A number of places in the United States:; A town in Halifax County, North Carolina. countable, uncountable
  14. 19
    A number of places in the United States:; A census-designated place in Wetzel County, West Virginia. countable, uncountable
  15. 20
    A habitational surname from Old English. countable, uncountable

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"In 1999 at Columbine High School in Littleton, Colorado, 18-year-old Eric Harris and 17-year-old Dylan Klebold killed 12 of their fellow students and a teacher before taking their own lives in the school library."

Etymology

From Old English lȳtel (“small, little”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”), equivalent to little + -ton.

Related phrases

High LittletonLittleton and HarestockSouth Littletonarapahoe countyaroostook countybuchanan countycheshire west and chesterclay countycounty seatgrafton countyhalifax countymiddlesex county

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