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Clayton

//ˈkleɪtən// name

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  1. 1
    A placename:; A large number of places in the United States:; A town, the county seat of Barbour County, Alabama; named for Georgia jurist and congressman Augustin Smith Clayton. countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    A placename:; A large number of places in the United States:; A city in Contra Costa County, California; named for founder Joel Henry Clayton. countable, uncountable
  3. 3
    A placename:; A large number of places in the United States:; A town in Kent County and New Castle County, Delaware; named for John M. Clayton. countable, uncountable
  4. 4
    A placename:; A large number of places in the United States:; A city, the county seat of Rabun County, Georgia; named for Augustin Smith Clayton. countable, uncountable
  5. 5
    A placename:; A large number of places in the United States:; A minor city in Custer County, Idaho; the smallest city in the United States, named for early settler Clayton Smith. countable, uncountable
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  1. 6
    A placename:; A large number of places in the United States:; A village and township in Adams County, Illinois; named for Henry Clay. countable, uncountable
  2. 7
    A placename:; A large number of places in the United States:; A town in Liberty Township, Hendricks County, Indiana; named for Kentucky statesman Henry Clay. countable, uncountable
  3. 8
    A placename:; A large number of places in the United States:; A minor city in Clayton County, Iowa. countable, uncountable
  4. 9
    A placename:; A large number of places in the United States:; A minor city in Decatur County and Norton County, Kansas; named for the clay in the area. countable, uncountable
  5. 10
    A placename:; A large number of places in the United States:; A town in Concordia Parish, Louisiana. countable, uncountable
  6. 11
    A placename:; A large number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Harford County, Maryland. countable, uncountable
  7. 12
    A placename:; A large number of places in the United States:; A community in the town of New Marlborough, Berkshire County, Massachusetts. countable, uncountable
  8. 13
    A placename:; A large number of places in the United States:; A village in Hudson Township and Dover Township, Lenawee County, Michigan. countable, uncountable
  9. 14
    A placename:; A large number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Tunica County, Mississippi. countable, uncountable
  10. 15
    A placename:; A large number of places in the United States:; A city, the county seat of St. Louis County, Missouri; named for landowner Ralph Clayton. countable, uncountable
  11. 16
    A placename:; A large number of places in the United States:; A borough in Gloucester County, New Jersey. countable, uncountable
  12. 17
    A placename:; A large number of places in the United States:; A town, the county seat of Union County, New Mexico; named for Clayton Dorsey, son of Arkansas statesman Stephen Wallace Dorsey. countable, uncountable
  13. 18
    A placename:; A large number of places in the United States:; A town and village in Jefferson County, New York; named for lawyer and politician John M. Clayton. countable, uncountable
  14. 19
    A placename:; A large number of places in the United States:; A town in Johnston County, North Carolina. countable, uncountable
  15. 20
    A placename:; A large number of places in the United States:; A city in Montgomery County, Ohio; named for John Clayton, a War of 1812 veteran. countable, uncountable
  16. 21
    A placename:; A large number of places in the United States:; A town in Pushmataha County, Oklahoma; named for the city in Missouri. countable, uncountable
  17. 22
    A placename:; A large number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Hereford Township and Washington Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania. countable, uncountable
  18. 23
    A placename:; A large number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Panola County, Texas. countable, uncountable
  19. 24
    A placename:; A large number of places in the United States:; A census-designated place in Stevens County, Washington. countable, uncountable
  20. 25
    A placename:; A large number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Summers County, West Virginia. countable, uncountable
  21. 26
    A placename:; A large number of places in the United States:; A town in Crawford County, Wisconsin. countable, uncountable
  22. 27
    A placename:; A large number of places in the United States:; A town and village in Polk County, Wisconsin; named for Clayton Rogers, the foreman of the town's sawmill. countable, uncountable
  23. 28
    A placename:; A large number of places in the United States:; A town in Winnebago County, Wisconsin. countable, uncountable
  24. 29
    A placename:; A large number of places in the United States:; A number of townships in the United States, listed under Clayton Township. countable, uncountable
  25. 30
    A placename:; A large number of places in the United States:; Ellipsis of Clayton County. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, ellipsis, uncountable
  26. 31
    A placename:; A few places in England:; A suburb of the city of Manchester, Greater Manchester; named for the Clayton family which owned land nearby (OS grid ref SJ8898). countable, uncountable
  27. 32
    A placename:; A few places in England:; A village in Clayton with Frickley parish, Metropolitan Borough of Doncaster, South Yorkshire (OS grid ref SE4507). countable, uncountable
  28. 33
    A placename:; A few places in England:; A suburb of Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire (OS grid ref SJ8544). countable, uncountable
  29. 34
    A placename:; A few places in England:; A village in Hassocks parish, Mid Sussex district, West Sussex (OS grid ref TQ2914). countable, uncountable
  30. 35
    A placename:; A few places in England:; A suburban village and civil parish in the Metropolitan Borough of Bradford, West Yorkshire (OS grid ref SE1231). countable, uncountable
  31. 36
    A placename:; A village south-west of Guardbridge, north-east Fife council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NO4318) countable, uncountable
  32. 37
    A placename:; A suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia; named for proprietor John Hughes Clayton. countable, uncountable
  33. 38
    A habitational surname from Old English. countable, uncountable
  34. 39
    A male given name transferred from the surname. countable, uncountable

Etymology

From Middle English Claytone, Cleyton, from Old English clǣġ (“clay”) + Old English tūn (“enclosure, settlement; town”). Analyzable as clay + -ton.

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