Alton

//ˈɔːltən// name

name ·Uncommon ·College level

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A number of places in England:; An undefined locality in Idridgehay and Alton parish, Amber Valley district, Derbyshire, around Alton Hall and Alton Manor.
  2. 2
    A number of places in England:; A town and civil parish with a town council in East Hampshire district, Hampshire (OS grid ref SU7139).
  3. 3
    A number of places in England:; A village and civil parish in Staffordshire Moorlands district, Staffordshire; Alton Towers is to the north (OS grid ref SK0742).
  4. 4
    A number of places in England:; A civil parish west of Pewsey, Wiltshire, which includes the villages of Alton Barnes and Alton Priors.
  5. 5
    A number of places in England:; A hamlet in Figheldean parish, Wiltshire (OS grid ref SU1546).
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  1. 6
    A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Jefferson County, Alabama.
  2. 7
    A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Humboldt County, California.
  3. 8
    A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Lafayette County, Florida.
  4. 9
    A number of places in the United States:; A city on the Mississippi in Madison County, Illinois.
  5. 10
    A number of places in the United States:; A small town in Boone Township, Crawford County, Indiana.
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    A number of places in the United States:; A city in Sioux County, Iowa.
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    A number of places in the United States:; A minor city in Osborne County, Kansas.
  8. 13
    A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Anderson County, Kentucky.
  9. 14
    A number of places in the United States:; A town in Penobscot County, Maine.
  10. 15
    A number of places in the United States:; A township in Waseca County, Minnesota.
  11. 16
    A number of places in the United States:; A minor city, the county seat of Oregon County, Missouri.
  12. 17
    A number of places in the United States:; A town and census-designated place therein, in Belknap County, New Hampshire.
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    A number of places in the United States:; A hamlet in the town of Sodus, Wayne County, New York.
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    A number of places in the United States:; A village in the town of Richmond, Washington County, Rhode Island.
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    A number of places in the United States:; A city in Hidalgo County, Texas.
  16. 21
    A number of places in the United States:; A town in Kane County, Utah.
  17. 22
    A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Halifax County, Virginia.
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    A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Upshur County, West Virginia.
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    A rural community of Colchester County, Nova Scotia, Canada.
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    A community in the town of Caledon, Regional Municipality of Peel, Ontario, Canada.
  21. 26
    A town in the Shire of Balonne, southern Queensland, Australia.
  22. 27
    A rural community in Taranaki, New Zealand.
  23. 28
    An English habitational surname from Old English.
  24. 29
    A male given name transferred from the surname.

    "...because I have learned something about cartoons from Alton Packard. There are two things about Mr Packard that I keep turning over in my mind. One is that his name sounds like Alton Parker, onetime presidential candidate, and the other is that, to me at least, he looks a little bit like Woodrow Wilson."

Example

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"Alton Brown doesn't like garlic presses. He says they only really have one function, which can be done with a knife."

Etymology

From Old English ǣwell (“river source”) + tūn (“settlement, town”).

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