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Eaton

//ˈiːtən// name

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  1. 1
    A placename:; A number of places in England:; A village and civil parish north of Congleton, Cheshire East district, Cheshire (OS grid ref SJ8765). countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    A placename:; A number of places in England:; A former civil parish containing Eaton Hall in Cheshire West and Chester borough, Cheshire, now part of Eaton and Eccleston civil parish (OS grid ref SJ4160). countable, uncountable
  3. 3
    A placename:; A number of places in England:; A village in Rushton parish, Cheshire West and Chester district, Cheshire (OS grid ref SJ5763). countable, uncountable
  4. 4
    A placename:; A number of places in England:; A village and civil parish in Melton borough, Leicestershire (OS grid ref SK7929). countable, uncountable
  5. 5
    A placename:; A number of places in England:; A suburb in south-west Norwich, Norfolk, England (OS grid ref TG2006). countable, uncountable
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  1. 6
    A placename:; A number of places in England:; A village and civil parish (served by Gamston with West Drayton and Eaton Parish Council) in Bassetlaw district, Nottinghamshire (OS grid ref SK7178). countable, uncountable
  2. 7
    A placename:; A number of places in England:; A hamlet in Appleton-with-Eaton parish, Vale of White Horse district, Oxfordshire (OS grid ref SP4403). countable, uncountable
  3. 8
    A placename:; A number of places in England:; A small village in Eaton-under-Heywood parish, Shropshire (OS grid ref SO4990). countable, uncountable
  4. 9
    A placename:; A place in Australia:; A suburb of Darwin, Northern Territory; named for Charles Eaton, a RAAF officer. countable, uncountable
  5. 10
    A placename:; A place in Australia:; A rural locality in the Cassowary Coast Region, Queensland. countable, uncountable
  6. 11
    A placename:; A place in Australia:; A suburb of Bunbury in the Shire of Dardanup, Western Australia. countable, uncountable
  7. 12
    A placename:; A locality in Canada countable, uncountable
  8. 13
    A placename:; A locality in Canada:; Former name of Eatonia: a town in Chesterfield, Saskatchewan; named in honour of Timothy Eaton, founder of the Eaton's department store chain and mail-order catalogue service. countable, uncountable
  9. 14
    A placename:; A locality in the United States:; A town in Weld County, Colorado. countable, uncountable
  10. 15
    A placename:; A locality in the United States:; A town in Union Township, Delaware County, Indiana. countable, uncountable
  11. 16
    A placename:; A locality in the United States:; A township in Eaton County, Michigan. countable, uncountable
  12. 17
    A placename:; A locality in the United States:; A township in Kearney County, Nebraska. countable, uncountable
  13. 18
    A placename:; A locality in the United States:; A town in Carroll County, New Hampshire; named for Theophilus Eaton, the first governor of New Haven Colony. countable, uncountable
  14. 19
    A placename:; A locality in the United States:; A town in Madison County, New York; named for William Eaton. countable, uncountable
  15. 20
    A placename:; A locality in the United States:; A city, the county seat of Preble County, Ohio; named for William Eaton, a commander in the First Barbary War. countable, uncountable
  16. 21
    A placename:; A locality in the United States:; A township in Wyoming County, Pennsylvania. countable, uncountable
  17. 22
    A placename:; A locality in the United States:; A ghost town in Wood County, West Virginia. countable, uncountable
  18. 23
    A placename:; A locality in the United States:; A town in Brown County, Wisconsin. countable, uncountable
  19. 24
    A placename:; A locality in the United States:; A town in Manitowoc County, Wisconsin. countable, uncountable
  20. 25
    A placename:; A locality in the United States:; A town in Clark County, Wisconsin. countable, uncountable
  21. 26
    An English habitational surname from Old English. countable

Etymology

From Old English ea (“river”) + tun (“homestead”). As a surname, it is given to someone living near a river or on an island, or any of the various places in England called "Eaton". See also Eton, which is a doublet.

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