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Linton

//ˈlɪn.tən// name

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  1. 1
    A placename:; A number of places in England:; A village and civil parish in South Cambridgeshire district, Cambridgeshire (OS grid ref TL5646). countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    A placename:; A number of places in England:; A village and civil parish in South Derbyshire district, Derbyshire (OS grid ref SK2716). countable, uncountable
  3. 3
    A placename:; A number of places in England:; A village and civil parish near Bromyard, Herefordshire (OS grid ref SO6753). countable, uncountable
  4. 4
    A placename:; A number of places in England:; A village and civil parish near Ross-on-Wye, Herefordshire (OS grid ref SO6525). countable, uncountable
  5. 5
    A placename:; A number of places in England:; A village and civil parish in Maidstone borough, Kent (OS grid ref TQ7550). countable, uncountable
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  1. 6
    A placename:; A number of places in England:; A village in Ellington and Linton parish, Northumberland (OS grid ref NZ2691). countable, uncountable
  2. 7
    A placename:; A number of places in England:; A village and civil parish in North Yorkshire, previously in Craven district; also known as Linton-in-Craven (OS grid ref SD9962). countable, uncountable
  3. 8
    A placename:; A number of places in England:; A village in Collingham parish, Metropolitan Borough of Leeds, West Yorkshire (OS grid ref SE3847). countable, uncountable
  4. 9
    A placename:; A hamlet north of Morebattle, Scottish Borders council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NT7726). countable, uncountable
  5. 10
    A placename:; A town in the Shire of Pyrenees and the Golden Plains Shire, central western Victoria, Australia. countable, uncountable
  6. 11
    A placename:; A rural locality and military camp south of Palmerston North, Manawatū-Whanganui, New Zealand. countable, uncountable
  7. 12
    A placename:; A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Hancock County, Georgia. countable, uncountable
  8. 13
    A placename:; A number of places in the United States:; A city in Greene County, Indiana. countable, uncountable
  9. 14
    A placename:; A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Trigg County, Kentucky. countable, uncountable
  10. 15
    A placename:; A number of places in the United States:; A small city, the county seat of Emmons County, North Dakota. countable, uncountable
  11. 16
    A placename:; A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Walworth County, Wisconsin. countable, uncountable
  12. 17
    A placename:; A place in Canada:; A hamlet in King township, Regional Municipality of York, Ontario. countable, uncountable
  13. 18
    A placename:; A place in Canada:; A hamlet in Portneuf Regional County Municipality, Capitale-Nationale region, Quebec. countable, uncountable
  14. 19
    A habitational surname from Old English. countable

Etymology

From either Old English līn (“flax”) or lind (“lime tree”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

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