Milton

/ˈmɪltən/ name

name ·Common ·High school level

Meaning at a glance

  • Primary sense: A number of places in the United Kingdom:; A place in England:; A village and civil parish in South Cambridgeshire district, Cambridgeshire (OS grid ref TL4762).
  • Grammar: milton is listed as name.
  • Nearest alternatives: author, family name, literary figure, locality.
  • Useful contrasts: given name, nonpoet.
  • Usage evidence: During the vacation, I read the entire works of Milton.

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Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A number of places in the United Kingdom:; A place in England:; A village and civil parish in South Cambridgeshire district, Cambridgeshire (OS grid ref TL4762).
  2. 2
    A number of places in the United Kingdom:; A place in England:; A hamlet in Brampton parish, Carlisle district, Cumbria (OS grid ref NY5560).
  3. 3
    A number of places in the United Kingdom:; A place in England:; A hamlet in Preston Richard parish, South Lakeland district, Cumbria (OS grid ref SD5383).
  4. 4
    A number of places in the United Kingdom:; A place in England:; A hamlet in Repton parish, South Derbyshire district, Derbyshire (OS grid ref SK3226).
  5. 5
    A number of places in the United Kingdom:; A place in England:; An area of Portsmouth, Hampshire.
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  1. 6
    A number of places in the United Kingdom:; A place in England:; Former name of Old Milton, Hampshire, renamed on maps by 1970.
  2. 7
    A number of places in the United Kingdom:; A place in England:; An eastern suburb of Gravesend, Gravesham borough, Kent (OS grid ref TQ6574).
  3. 8
    A number of places in the United Kingdom:; A place in England:; A village in West Markham parish, Bassetlaw district, Nottinghamshire (OS grid ref SK7173).
  4. 9
    A number of places in the United Kingdom:; A place in England:; A small village and civil parish (without a council) in Cherwell district, Oxfordshire (OS grid ref SP4535).
  5. 10
    A number of places in the United Kingdom:; A place in England:; A village and civil parish in Vale of White Horse district, Oxfordshire (OS grid ref SU4892).
  6. 11
    A number of places in the United Kingdom:; A place in England:; A hamlet in Ash parish, Somerset, previously in South Somerset district (OS grid ref ST4621).
  7. 12
    A number of places in the United Kingdom:; A place in England:; A suburb of Weston-super-Mare, North Somerset district, Somerset (OS grid ref ST3462).
  8. 13
    A number of places in the United Kingdom:; A place in England:; An eastern suburb of Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire (OS grid ref SJ9050).
  9. 14
    A number of places in the United Kingdom:; A place in England:; A hamlet in East Knoyle parish, Wiltshire (OS grid ref ST8731).
  10. 15
    A number of places in the United Kingdom:; A place in Scotland:; A village in Easter Ross, Highland council area (OS grid ref NH7674).
  11. 16
    A number of places in the United Kingdom:; A place in Scotland:; A small village in Glen Urquhart, Highland council area, historically in Inverness-shire (OS grid ref NH4930).
  12. 17
    A number of places in the United Kingdom:; A place in Scotland:; A suburban area of Glasgow, Glasgow council area (OS grid ref NS5969).
  13. 18
    A number of places in the United Kingdom:; A place in Scotland:; A hamlet west of Aberfoyle, Stirling council area (OS grid ref NN5001).
  14. 19
    A number of places in the United Kingdom:; A place in Scotland:; A village in West Dunbartonshire council area (OS grid ref NS4274).
  15. 20
    A number of places in the United Kingdom:; A place in Scotland:; A settlement on South Uist in the Outer Hebrides, Western Isles council area (OS grid ref NF7326).
  16. 21
    A number of places in the United Kingdom:; A settlement in Carew community, Pembrokeshire, Wales (OS grid ref SN0303)
  17. 22
    A habitational surname from Old English, from the multiple places in Britain named "Milton".
  18. 23
    A male given name transferred from the surname.

    "Herbert, Sydney, Milton, Seymour. You know, all the time I was growing up I thought those were the most ordinary Jewish first names, until someone pointed out that they were British last names. I guess to my great-grandparents those names must have sounded so modern, so sophisticated, so - non-Eastern European. And now they're just Uncle Miltie, Uncle Sy, Uncle Herb. Do other people have Uncle Donne and Uncle Wordsworth?"

  19. 24
    John Milton, an English author and poet of the seventeenth century.

    "The most vulgar man, when he prays, when he suffers, and places hope in heaven, has, at that moment, something in him, which he would express, like Milton, Homer, or Tasso, if education had taught him to clothe his thoughts with words."

  20. 25
    John Milton's works or media adaptations of his works.
  21. 26
    A place in Australia:; A suburb of Brisbane, Queensland; named for nearby Milton Farm, itself for poet John Milton.
  22. 27
    A place in Australia:; A village in the City of Shoalhaven, New South Wales.
  23. 28
    A town in Otago, New Zealand.
  24. 29
    A place in Canada:; A town in the Regional Municipality of Halton, Ontario; named for poet John Milton.
  25. 30
    A place in Canada:; A village in Queens County, Nova Scotia.
  26. 31
    A place in Canada:; A former logging village in Newfoundland and Labrador; named for poet John Milton.
  27. 32
    A place in Canada:; A rural municipality in west-central Saskatchewan; in full, Rural Municipality of Milton No. 292.
  28. 33
    A place in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Calaveras County, California; named for railroad engineer Milton Latham.
  29. 34
    A place in the United States:; A town in Sussex County, Delaware; named for poet John Milton.
  30. 35
    A place in the United States:; A city, the county seat of Santa Rosa County, Florida; perhaps named for poet John Milton, or for the local lumber mill industry.
  31. 36
    A place in the United States:; A city in Fulton County, Georgia, a suburb of Atlanta; named for Revolutionary War officer John Milton.
  32. 37
    A place in the United States:; A village in Pike County, Illinois.
  33. 38
    A place in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Union Township, Ohio County, Indiana; named for the gristmill and sawmill in the area.
  34. 39
    A place in the United States:; A town in Washington Township, Wayne County, Indiana; named for the watermills in the area.
  35. 40
    A place in the United States:; A minor city in Van Buren County, Iowa; named for the town in Delaware.
  36. 41
    A place in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Sumner County, Kansas.
  37. 42
    A place in the United States:; A minor city in Trimble County, Kentucky.
  38. 43
    A place in the United States:; A census-designated place in Lafayette Parish, Louisiana; named for early resident Dr. Milton R. Cushman and his son, Milton S. Cushman.
  39. 44
    A place in the United States:; An unorganized territory in Oxford County, Maine.
  40. 45
    A place in the United States:; A town in Norfolk County, Massachusetts; named for Milton Abbey in Dorset, England.
  41. 46
    A place in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Atchison County, Missouri.
  42. 47
    A place in the United States:; A neighborhood of Kansas City, Missouri; named for the landowning Milton family.
  43. 48
    A place in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Randolph County, Missouri; named for the town in North Carolina.
  44. 49
    A place in the United States:; A town and census-designated place therein, in Strafford County, New Hampshire; named for either a mill in the area or for the Viscount Milton.
  45. 50
    A place in the United States:; A town and census-designated place therein, in Saratoga County, New York; named for either poet John Milton or a mill in the area.
  46. 51
    A place in the United States:; A hamlet and census-designated place in the town of Marlborough, Ulster County, New York; named for poet John Milton.
  47. 52
    A place in the United States:; A town in Caswell County, North Carolina; named for a mill in the area.
  48. 53
    A place in the United States:; A minor city in Cavalier County, North Dakota.
  49. 54
    A place in the United States:; A borough in Northumberland County, Pennsylvania.
  50. 55
    A place in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Rutherford County, Tennessee.
  51. 56
    A place in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Lamar County, Texas.
  52. 57
    A place in the United States:; A town and census-designated place therein, in Chittenden County, Vermont, a suburb of Burlington; named for British statesman William Fitzwilliam, Viscount Milton.
  53. 58
    A place in the United States:; A city in King County and Pierce County, Washington.
  54. 59
    A place in the United States:; A town in Cabell County, West Virginia; named for landowner Milton Reece.
  55. 60
    A place in the United States:; A town in Buffalo County, Wisconsin.
  56. 61
    A place in the United States:; A town and city therein, in Rock County, Wisconsin; named for poet John Milton.
  57. 62
    A place in the United States:; A number of townships in the United States, listed under Milton Township.

Synonyms

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authorfamily nameliterary figurelocalityplace namepoet

Antonyms

given namenonpoet

Example

"During the vacation, I read the entire works of Milton."

Common questions

What does "milton" mean?

A number of places in the United Kingdom:; A place in England:; A village and civil parish in South Cambridgeshire district, Cambridgeshire (OS grid ref TL4762).

What is a synonym for "milton"?

Common synonyms include: author, family name, literary figure, locality, place name, poet.

How do you use "milton" in a sentence?

During the vacation, I read the entire works of Milton.

How do you pronounce "milton"?

Pronounced /ˈmɪltən/.

Etymology

The English place names are from Old English mylen (“mill”) or middel (“middle”) + tun (“settlement”).

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