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Aston

//ˈæstən// name, noun, verb, slang

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A common placename:; A number of places in England:; A hamlet in Remenham parish, Wokingham borough, Berkshire (OS grid ref SU7884). countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    A common placename:; A number of places in England:; A small village (Aston-by-Sutton) and civil parish (without a council) in Cheshire West and Chester district, Cheshire (OS grid ref SJ5578). countable, uncountable
  3. 3
    A common placename:; A number of places in England:; A hamlet in Sudbury parish, Derbyshire Dales district, Derbyshire (OS grid ref SK1631). countable, uncountable
  4. 4
    A common placename:; A number of places in England:; A village and civil parish in High Peak district, Derbyshire (OS grid ref SK1883). countable, uncountable
  5. 5
    A common placename:; A number of places in England:; A hamlet in Kingsland parish, Herefordshire (OS grid ref SO4662). countable, uncountable
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  1. 6
    A common placename:; A number of places in England:; A village and civil parish in East Hertfordshire district, Hertfordshire (OS grid ref TL2722). countable, uncountable
  2. 7
    A common placename:; A number of places in England:; A village in Aston, Cote, Shifford and Chimney parish, West Oxfordshire district, Oxfordshire (OS grid ref SP3402). countable, uncountable
  3. 8
    A common placename:; A number of places in England:; A hamlet in Claverley parish, Shropshire (OS grid ref SO8093). countable, uncountable
  4. 9
    A common placename:; A number of places in England:; A small village in Wem Rural parish, Shropshire (OS grid ref SJ5328). countable, uncountable
  5. 10
    A common placename:; A number of places in England:; A hamlet in Wrockwardine parish, Telford and Wrekin district, Shropshire (OS grid ref SJ6109). countable, uncountable
  6. 11
    A common placename:; A number of places in England:; A village in Aston cum Aughton parish, South Yorkshire (OS grid ref SK4685). countable, uncountable
  7. 12
    A common placename:; A number of places in England:; A village in Maer parish, Newcastle-under-Lyme borough, Staffordshire (OS grid ref SJ7541). countable, uncountable
  8. 13
    A common placename:; A number of places in England:; A hamlet in Seighford parish, Stafford district, Staffordshire (OS grid ref SJ8923). countable, uncountable
  9. 14
    A common placename:; A number of places in England:; A suburb of Birmingham, West Midlands, historically in Warwickshire (OS grid ref SP0889). countable, uncountable
  10. 15
    A common placename:; A suburban village in Hawarden community, Flintshire, Wales, contiguous with Shotton (OS grid ref SJ3067). countable, uncountable
  11. 16
    A common placename:; A commune in Ariège department, Occitania, France. countable, uncountable
  12. 17
    A common placename:; A township in Delaware County, Pennsylvania, United States, named after Aston, Oxfordshire. countable, uncountable
  13. 18
    A habitational surname from Old English. countable
Noun
  1. 1
    A car made by Aston Martin. informal
  2. 2
    A lower third. UK
Verb
  1. 1
    To astonish. obsolete

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Old English ēast (“east”) and tūn (“town, village”). Doublet of Easton.

Etymology 2

From Old English ēast (“east”) and tūn (“town, village”). Doublet of Easton.

Etymology 3

From Aston Broadcast Systems, a supplier of software displaying such graphics.

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