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Manton
name, noun
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Proper Noun
- 1 A placename:; A locality in the Yass Valley council area, south eastern New South Wales, Australia. countable, uncountable
- 2 A placename:; An outer rural locality and suburb of Darwin, in Litchfield Municipality, Northern Territory, Australia. countable, uncountable
- 3 A placename:; A village and civil parish in North Lincolnshire district, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref SE9302). countable, uncountable
- 4 A placename:; A former mining village, a suburb southeast of the town of Worksop, Bassetlaw district, Nottinghamshire, England (OS grid ref SK5978). countable, uncountable
- 5 A placename:; A village and civil parish in Rutland, England (OS grid ref SK8804). countable, uncountable
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- 6 A placename:; A village and suburb of the town of Marlborough, Wiltshire, England (OS grid ref SU1768). countable, uncountable
- 7 A placename:; A census-designated place in Tehama County and Shasta County, California, United States. countable, uncountable
- 8 A placename:; An unincorporated community in Washington County, Kentucky, United States. countable, uncountable
- 9 A placename:; A city in Wexford County, Michigan, United States. countable, uncountable
- 10 A placename:; A neighborhood of Providence, Rhode Island, United States. countable, uncountable
- 11 A habitational surname. countable
Noun
- 1 A shawl or wrap.
Etymology
Etymology 1
Various origins: * In general, from Old English ġemǣne (“common, shared”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement”). * In the case of the village in Lincolnshire, from Old English mealm (“sand, chalk”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement”). * The surname can also be an Anglicized form of Irish Ó Manntáin (“descendant of Manntán”), a nickname derived from a diminutive of mantach (“toothless”).
Etymology 2
From Spanish mantón.
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