Weston

/ˈwɛstən/ name

name ·Moderate ·High school level

Meaning at a glance

  • Primary sense: Any of many places in England:; A village in Welford parish, West Berkshire district, Berkshire (OS grid ref SU3973).
  • Grammar: weston is listed as name.
  • Nearest alternatives: family name, locality name, placename, surname.
  • Useful contrasts: forename, given name, unmarked locality.
  • Usage evidence: "A lot of the information in C. L. and P.'s application is incomplete," said Monte Frank, a lawyer hired by Redding, Wilton and Weston to represent those towns' interests before the Connecticut Siting Council, which has jurisdiction on such issues.

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Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    Any of many places in England:; A village in Welford parish, West Berkshire district, Berkshire (OS grid ref SU3973).
  2. 2
    Any of many places in England:; A village and former civil parish, now in Weston and Crewe Green parish, Cheshire East district, Cheshire (OS grid ref SJ7352).
  3. 3
    Any of many places in England:; A settlement in Halton borough, Cheshire (OS grid ref SJ5080).
  4. 4
    Any of many places in England:; A hamlet in Branscombe parish, East Devon district, Devon (OS grid ref SY1688).
  5. 5
    Any of many places in England:; A village in Portland parish, Isle of Portland, Dorset (OS grid ref SY6871).
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  1. 6
    Any of many places in England:; A hamlet in Buriton parish, near Petersfield, East Hampshire district, Hampshire (OS grid ref SU7221).
  2. 7
    Any of many places in England:; A suburb of Southampton, Hampshire (OS grid ref SU4410).
  3. 8
    Any of many places in England:; A hamlet in Pembridge parish, Herefordshire (OS grid ref SO3656).
  4. 9
    Any of many places in England:; A village and civil parish in North Hertfordshire district, Hertfordshire (OS grid ref TL2630).
  5. 10
    Any of many places in England:; A village and civil parish in South Holland district, Lincolnshire (OS grid ref TF2924).
  6. 11
    Any of many places in England:; A village in Weston and Weedon parish, West Northamptonshire, Northamptonshire, previously in South Northamptonshire district (OS grid ref SP5846).
  7. 12
    Any of many places in England:; A village and civil parish (served by Mid Wharfdale Parish Council) in North Yorkshire, previously in Harrogate borough (OS grid ref SE1747).
  8. 13
    Any of many places in England:; A village and civil parish in Newark and Sherwood district, Nottinghamshire (OS grid ref SK7767).
  9. 14
    Any of many places in England:; A locality in Oswestry Rural parish, south of Oswestry, Shropshire (OS grid ref SJ2927).
  10. 15
    Any of many places in England:; A village in Weston-under-Redcastle parish, Shropshire (OS grid ref SJ5628).
  11. 16
    Any of many places in England:; A suburb of Bath, Bath and North East Somerset district, Somerset (OS grid ref ST7266).
  12. 17
    Any of many places in England:; A village and civil parish (served by Weston with Gayton Parish Council) in Stafford borough, Staffordshire (OS grid ref SJ9727).
  13. 18
    Any of many places in England:; A village and civil parish (served by Ringsfield and Weston Parish Council) in East Suffolk district, Suffolk (OS grid ref TM4287).
  14. 19
    A number of places in the United States:; A census-designated place in Las Animas County, Colorado.
  15. 20
    A number of places in the United States:; A town and census-designated place therein, in Fairfield County, Connecticut.

    ""A lot of the information in C. L. and P.'s application is incomplete," said Monte Frank, a lawyer hired by Redding, Wilton and Weston to represent those towns' interests before the Connecticut Siting Council, which has jurisdiction on such issues."

  16. 21
    A number of places in the United States:; A city in Broward County, Florida.
  17. 22
    A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Webster County, Georgia.
  18. 23
    A number of places in the United States:; A minor city in Franklin County, Idaho.
  19. 24
    A number of places in the United States:; A former community in DuPage County, Illinois.
  20. 25
    A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in McLean County, Illinois.
  21. 26
    A number of places in the United States:; A census-designated place in Hazel Dell Township, Pottawattamie County, Iowa.
  22. 27
    A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Crittenden County, Kentucky.
  23. 28
    A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Jackson Parish, Louisiana.
  24. 29
    A number of places in the United States:; A town in Aroostook County, Maine.
  25. 30
    A number of places in the United States:; A town in Middlesex County, Massachusetts.
  26. 31
    A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Fairfield Township, Lenawee County, Michigan.
  27. 32
    A number of places in the United States:; A town in Platte County, Missouri.
  28. 33
    A number of places in the United States:; A village in Saunders County, Nebraska.
  29. 34
    A number of places in the United States:; A census-designated place in Franklin Township, Somerset County, New Jersey.
  30. 35
    A number of places in the United States:; A village and township in Wood County, Ohio.
  31. 36
    A number of places in the United States:; A minor city in Umatilla County, Oregon, named after Weston, Missouri.
  32. 37
    A number of places in the United States:; A census-designated place in Black Creek Township, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania.
  33. 38
    A number of places in the United States:; A minor city in Collin County, Texas.
  34. 39
    A number of places in the United States:; A town in Windsor County, Vermont.
  35. 40
    A number of places in the United States:; A ghost town in King County, Washington.
  36. 41
    A number of places in the United States:; A city, the county seat of Lewis County, West Virginia.
  37. 42
    A number of places in the United States:; A town in Clark County, Wisconsin.
  38. 43
    A number of places in the United States:; A town and unincorporated community therein, in Dunn County, Wisconsin.
  39. 44
    A number of places in the United States:; A village in Marathon County, Wisconsin.
  40. 45
    A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Campbell County, Wyoming.
  41. 46
    A place in Canada:; A neighbourhood of Winnipeg, Manitoba.
  42. 47
    A place in Canada:; A community in Kings County, Nova Scotia.
  43. 48
    A place in Canada:; A neighbourhood of Toronto, Ontario.
  44. 49
    A place in Australia:; A suburb of Canberra, Australian Capital Territory.
  45. 50
    A place in Australia:; A town in the City of Cessnock, New South Wales.
  46. 51
    A small town in Sabah, Malaysia, named after Arthur J. West.
  47. 52
    A town in Waitaki District, west of Oamaru, North Otago, New Zealand.
  48. 53
    An English and Scottish habitational surname.

Synonyms

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family namelocality nameplacenamesurnametoponym

Antonyms

forenamegiven nameunmarked localityunnamed place

Example

""A lot of the information in C. L. and P.'s application is incomplete," said Monte Frank, a lawyer hired by Redding, Wilton and Weston to represent those towns' interests before the Connecticut Siting Council, which has jurisdiction on such issues."

Common questions

What does "weston" mean?

Any of many places in England:; A village in Welford parish, West Berkshire district, Berkshire (OS grid ref SU3973).

What is a synonym for "weston"?

Common synonyms include: family name, locality name, placename, surname, toponym.

How do you use "weston" in a sentence?

"A lot of the information in C. L. and P.'s application is incomplete," said Monte Frank, a lawyer hired by Redding, Wilton and Weston to represent those towns' interests before the Connecticut Siting Council, which has jurisdiction on such issues.

How do you pronounce "weston"?

Pronounced /ˈwɛstən/.

Etymology

From Old English west (“west”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

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