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Houghton

//ˈhoʊtən// name

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  1. 1
    A common placename:; A number of places in the United Kingdom:; A village in Houghton and Wyton parish, Cambridgeshire, England (OS grid ref TL281724). countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    A common placename:; A number of places in the United Kingdom:; A village in Stanwix Rural parish, Cumbria, England (OS grid ref NY407593). countable, uncountable
  3. 3
    A common placename:; A number of places in the United Kingdom:; A hamlet in Sancton parish, East Riding of Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE886392). countable, uncountable
  4. 4
    A common placename:; A number of places in the United Kingdom:; A village and civil parish in Test Valley district, Hampshire, England (OS grid ref SU341143). countable, uncountable
  5. 5
    A common placename:; A number of places in the United Kingdom:; A village and civil parish in King's Lynn and West Norfolk district, Norfolk, England (OS grid ref TF789288). countable, uncountable
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  1. 6
    A common placename:; A number of places in the United Kingdom:; A hamlet in Heddon-on-the-Wall parish, southern Northumberland, England (OS grid ref NZ1266). countable, uncountable
  2. 7
    A common placename:; A number of places in the United Kingdom:; A village and civil parish in Arun district, West Sussex, England (OS grid ref TQ017411). countable, uncountable
  3. 8
    A common placename:; A number of places in the United Kingdom:; A village in Burton community, Pembrokeshire, Wales (OS grid ref SM9807). countable, uncountable
  4. 9
    A common placename:; Ellipsis of Houghton Estate, Johannesburg, South Africa. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, ellipsis, uncountable
  5. 10
    A common placename:; A town near Adelaide, South Australia, Australia. countable, uncountable
  6. 11
    A common placename:; A number of places in the United States:; A minor city in Lee County, Iowa. countable, uncountable
  7. 12
    A common placename:; A number of places in the United States:; A city, the county seat of Houghton County, Michigan, on the Upper Peninsula. countable, uncountable
  8. 13
    A common placename:; A number of places in the United States:; A township in Keweenaw County, Michigan. countable, uncountable
  9. 14
    A common placename:; A number of places in the United States:; A hamlet and census-designated place in the town of Caneadea, Allegany County, New York. countable, uncountable
  10. 15
    A common placename:; A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Brown County, South Dakota. countable, uncountable
  11. 16
    A common placename:; A number of places in the United States:; A neighbourhood of the city of Kirkland, Washington. countable, uncountable
  12. 17
    A habitational surname from Old English. countable, uncountable

Etymology

From Old English hōh (“ridge, spur”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

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