What does "crichton" mean?

A placename:; A village and civil parish in Midlothian council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NT384619).

What is a synonym for "crichton"?

Common synonyms include: family name, geographic name, last name, place name, surname.

Pronounced //ˈkɹaɪ̯.tən//.

/ˈkɹaɪ̯.tən/ name

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A placename:; A village and civil parish in Midlothian council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NT384619). countable, uncountable
2
A placename:; A ghost town in the Rural Municipality of Wise Creek, No. 77, Saskatchewan, Canada, named after James Crichton. countable, uncountable
3
A placename:; A neighbourhood of Mobile, Alabama, United States. countable, uncountable
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A placename:; An unincorporated community in Red River Parish, Louisiana, United States. countable, uncountable
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A placename:; An unincorporated community in Greenbrier County, West Virginia, United States. countable, uncountable

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From Welsh carreg (“rock”) + Old English tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”), analysable as the modern -ton.