Belton

name

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A placename:; A community in Thames Centre, Middlesex County, Ontario, Canada. countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    A placename:; A place in England:; A small village and civil parish in North West Leicestershire district, Leicestershire (OS grid ref SK4420). countable, uncountable
  3. 3
    A placename:; A place in England:; A village in Belton and Manthorpe parish, South Kesteven district, Lincolnshire (OS grid ref SK9338). countable, uncountable
  4. 4
    A placename:; A place in England:; A village and civil parish in North Lincolnshire district, Lincolnshire (OS grid ref SE7806). countable, uncountable
  5. 5
    A placename:; A place in England:; A village in Belton with Browston civil parish, Great Yarmouth borough, Norfolk (OS grid ref TG4802). countable, uncountable
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  1. 6
    A placename:; A place in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Muhlenberg County, Kentucky. countable, uncountable
  2. 7
    A placename:; A place in the United States:; A city in Cass County, Missouri. countable, uncountable
  3. 8
    A placename:; A place in the United States:; The former name of an unincorporated community and census-designated place in eastern Flathead County, Montana, now known as West Glacier. countable, uncountable
  4. 9
    A placename:; A place in the United States:; A city in Anderson County, South Carolina. countable, uncountable
  5. 10
    A placename:; A place in the United States:; A city, the county seat of Bell County, Texas, named after Peter Hansborough Bell. countable, uncountable
  6. 11
    A habitational surname from Old English. countable

Etymology

From an unexplained first element + Old English tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

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