What does "horton" mean?
A town and locality in the Bundaberg Region, Queensland, Australia.
Horton
/ˈhɔː.tən/ name
name ·Moderate ·College level
Meaning at a glance
- Primary sense: A town and locality in the Bundaberg Region, Queensland, Australia.
- Grammar: horton is listed as name.
- Nearest alternatives: ancestral name, family name, fictional character, geographic name.
- Useful contrasts: given name, nonfictional figure, personal name.
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Definitions
Proper Noun
- 1 A town and locality in the Bundaberg Region, Queensland, Australia. countable, uncountable
- 2 A township in Renfrew County, Ontario, Canada. countable, uncountable
- 3 A number of places in England:; A village and civil parish in Windsor and Maidenhead borough, Berkshire (OS grid ref TQ0175). countable, uncountable
- 4 A number of places in England:; A hamlet in Ivinghoe civil parish, Aylesbury Vale district, Buckinghamshire (OS grid ref SP9219). countable, uncountable
- 5 A number of places in England:; A former civil parish, in full, Horton by Malpas, now in Shocklach Oviatt and District civil parish, Cheshire West and Chester borough, Cheshire (OS grid ref SJ4549); the local hamlet is Horton Green. countable, uncountable
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- 6 A number of places in England:; A village and civil parish in East Dorset district, Dorset (OS grid ref SU0307). countable, uncountable
- 7 A number of places in England:; A village and civil parish in South Gloucestershire district, Gloucestershire (OS grid ref ST7584). countable, uncountable
- 8 A number of places in England:; A village and civil parish in Ribble Valley district, Lancashire (OS grid ref SD8550). countable, uncountable
- 9 A number of places in England:; A village in Hackleton parish, South Northamptonshire district, Northamptonshire (OS grid ref SP8254). countable, uncountable
- 10 A number of places in England:; A village and former civil parish in the former borough of Blyth Valley borough, Northumberland (OS grid ref NZ285815). countable, uncountable
- 11 A number of places in England:; Two settlements, East Horton and West Horton, in Chatton parish, Northumberland (OS grid ref NU0230). countable, uncountable
- 12 A number of places in England:; A hamlet and manor in Wem Rural civil parish, Shropshire. countable, uncountable
- 13 A number of places in England:; A village and civil parish in South Somerset district, Somerset (OS grid ref ST3214). countable, uncountable
- 14 A number of places in England:; A small village and civil parish in Staffordshire Moorlands district, Staffordshire (OS grid ref SJ9457). countable, uncountable
- 15 A number of places in England:; A hamlet in Bishops Cannings civil parish, Wiltshire (OS grid ref SU0463). countable, uncountable
- 16 A small village in Penrice community, southern Gower peninsula, Swansea, Wales (OS grid ref SS4785). countable, uncountable
- 17 A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Marshall County, Alabama. countable, uncountable
- 18 A number of places in the United States:; A ghost town in Inyo County, California. countable, uncountable
- 19 A number of places in the United States:; A small city in Brown County, Kansas. countable, uncountable
- 20 A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Hubbard County, Minnesota. countable, uncountable
- 21 A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Howell County, Missouri. countable, uncountable
- 22 A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Vernon County, Missouri. countable, uncountable
- 23 A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Lane County, Oregon. countable, uncountable
- 24 A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Randolph County, West Virginia. countable, uncountable
- 25 A habitational surname from Old English. countable, uncountable
Synonyms
All synonyms ancestral namefamily namefictional charactergeographic namelast nameplace name
Antonyms
given namenonfictional figurepersonal namereal person
Common questions
What is a synonym for "horton"?
Common synonyms include: ancestral name, family name, fictional character, geographic name, last name, place name.
How do you pronounce "horton"?
Pronounced /ˈhɔː.tən/.
Etymology
The majority of the English toponyms derive from Old English horh (“mud, slime”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement”). The village in Gloucestershire derives from Old English heorot (“stag, hart”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement”)