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Bolton

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  1. 1
    A place in the United Kingdom:; A town and metropolitan borough of Greater Manchester, England.

    "But Bolton deserve real credit, seeking to take advantage of their jitters at every opportunity in typically determined fashion."

  2. 2
    A place in the United Kingdom:; A village and civil parish in Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, England, previously in Eden district (OS grid ref NY6323).
  3. 3
    A place in the United Kingdom:; A small village in Fangfoss parish, East Riding of Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE7752).
  4. 4
    A place in the United Kingdom:; A small village in Hedgeley parish, Northumberland, England (OS grid ref NU1013).
  5. 5
    A place in the United Kingdom:; A northern suburb of Bradford, West Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE1635).
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  1. 6
    A place in the United Kingdom:; A small village south of Haddington, East Lothian council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NT5070).
  2. 7
    A number of places in the United States:; A town in Tolland County, Connecticut.
  3. 8
    A number of places in the United States:; A neighbourhood of Atlanta, Georgia.
  4. 9
    A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Stephenson County, Illinois.
  5. 10
    A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Montgomery County, Kansas.
  6. 11
    A number of places in the United States:; A town in Worcester County, Massachusetts.
  7. 12
    A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Maple Ridge Township, Alpena County, Michigan.
  8. 13
    A number of places in the United States:; A town in Hinds County, Mississippi.
  9. 14
    A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Harrison County, Missouri.
  10. 15
    A number of places in the United States:; A town in Warren County, New York.
  11. 16
    A number of places in the United States:; A town in Columbus County, North Carolina.
  12. 17
    A number of places in the United States:; A census-designated place in Lexington Township, Stark County, Ohio.
  13. 18
    A number of places in the United States:; A town and census-designated place therein, in Chittenden County, Vermont.
  14. 19
    A large community in the town of Caledon, Regional Municipality of Peel, Ontario, Canada.
  15. 20
    A locality in the Rural City of Swan Hill, Victoria, Australia.
  16. 21
    A habitational surname from Old English.

    "This was not the first disagreement between the ultra-hawkish Bolton and the occasionally more intervention-skeptic Trump."

Etymology

From Middle English Bodeltone (in the Domesday Book) etc., ultimately from Old English bolt, bold, botl, etc. (“home, hall, manor”) + -tun (“-ton: enclosure, town”).

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