# Burton
## English
### Etymology

Usually from Old English burhtun (fortified farmstead, farmstead near or belonging to a stronghold or manor), from burh + tun.

### Pronunciation

* (General American) IPA: /ˈbɝtən/
* Audio (Southern England):(file)

### Proper noun

Burton
* An English habitational surname from Old English for someone who lived in any of several places with that name.
* A male given name.
* A number of places in the United States:
** A locality in Navajo County, Arizona.
** A former town in Rabun County, Georgia, now submerged.
** An unincorporated community in Madison County, Idaho.
** An unincorporated community, census-designated place, and township in Adams County, Illinois.
** A township in McHenry County, Illinois.
** An unincorporated community and coal town in Floyd County, Kentucky.
** A city in Genesee County, Michigan.
** An unincorporated community in Owosso Township, Shiawassee County, Michigan.
** A township in Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota.
** An unincorporated community and inactive township in Howard County, Missouri.
** A tiny village in Keya Paha County, Nebraska.
** A village and township in Geauga County, Ohio.
** A census-designated place on Port Royal Island, Beaufort County, South Carolina.
** A minor city in Washington County, Texas.
** An unincorporated community on Vashon Island, King County, Washington.
** An unincorporated community in Wetzel County, West Virginia.
** An unincorporated community in the town of Waterloo, Grant County, Wisconsin.
* A place in Canada:
** A settlement in the West Kootenay region of British Columbia.
** A rural community and parish in Sunbury County, New Brunswick.
** A settlement in western Prince Edward Island.
* A number of places in England and Wales:
** A small village in Duddon and Burton parish, Cheshire West and Chester, Cheshire (OS grid ref SJ5163).
** A village on the Wirral Peninsula in Cheshire West and Chester, Cheshire (OS grid ref SJ3174).
** A village in Burton and Winkton parish, Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, Dorset (OS grid ref SZ1694).
** A civil parish (served by Burton-by-Lincoln Parish Council) in West Lindsey district, Lincolnshire (OS grid ref SK9674).
** A hamlet in Bamburgh parish, Northumberland (OS grid ref NU1733).
** A civil parish in East Staffordshire district, Staffordshire, which serves and is also short for Burton upon Trent.
** A village in Nettleton parish, Wiltshire (OS grid ref ST8179).
** A hamlet in Mere parish, Wiltshire (OS grid ref ST8232).
** A village and community in Pembrokeshire, Wales (OS grid ref SM9805).
** A village in Rossett community, Wrexham county borough, Wales (OS grid ref SJ3557).
* A place in Australia:
** A rural locality in Isaac Region, Queensland.
** A suburb of Adelaide, in the City of Salisbury, South Australia.

#### Derived terms

* Bishop Burton
* Burton Agnes
* Burton and Dalby
* Burton and Winkton
* Burton Bradstock
* Burton-by-Lincoln
* Burton Coggles
* Burton Constable
* Burton-cum-Walden
* Burton Dassett
* Burtonesque
* Burton Green
* Burton Hastings
* Burton-in-Kendal
* Burton in Lonsdale
* Burtonization
* Burtonize
* Burton Joyce
* Burton Latimer
* Burton Lazars
* Burton-on-Trent
* Burtonport
* Burton Salmon
* Burton upon Stather
* Burton upon Trent
* Cherry Burton
* Constable Burton
* Duddon and Burton
* go for a burton
* West Burton

### References

* ↑ Parish map (Lincolnshire)
* ↑ Parish map (Staffordshire)
* ↑ Community map (Pembrokeshire)

### Anagrams

* Bruton, to burn

## Walloon
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /byʀ.tɔ̃/

### Proper noun

Burton
* a surname