# Hilton
## English
### Etymology

From many placenames in England and Scotland, including:
* Old English hyll (“hill”) + tun (“settlement”); sometimes the first element is interpreted as Old English hield (“slope”) or helde (“tansy”)
* From Norman Hildun, from Old English hild (“battle”) + húnn (“bear cub”)

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈhɪltən/

### Proper noun

Hilton
* A surname.
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* A number of places in the United Kingdom:
** A village and civil parish in Huntingdonshire district, Cambridgeshire, England (OS grid ref TL2966).
** A small village in Murton parish, Eden district, Cumbria, England (OS grid ref NY7320).
** A village and civil parish in South Derbyshire district, Derbyshire, England (OS grid ref SK2430).
** A village and civil parish in north Dorset, England (OS grid ref ST7803).
** A small village and civil parish in County Durham, England (OS grid ref NZ1621).
** A village and civil parish in Stockton-on-Tees borough, North Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref NZ4611).
** A village in Worfield parish, south-east Shropshire, England (OS grid ref SO7795).
** A civil parish in South Staffordshire district, Staffordshire, England, near Featherstone.
** A hamlet in Wall parish, Lichfield district, Staffordshire (OS grid ref SK0805).
** A suburb of Aberdeen, Aberdeen council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NJ9208).
** A southern suburb of Inverness, Highland council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NH6743).
** A hamlet near Tain, Highland council area (OS grid ref NH7980).
** A hamlet in Berwickshire, Scottish Borders council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NT8850).
* A number of places in the United States:
** An unincorporated community in Early County, Georgia.
** An unincorporated community in Perry County, Kentucky.
** An unincorporated community in Howard County, Maryland.
** A community of Atlantic Highlands borough, Monmouth County, New Jersey.
** A village in Parma, Monroe County, New York.
** An unincorporated community in Creek County, Oklahoma.
* A township on St. Joseph Island, Algoma District, Ontario, Canada.
* A town near Pietermaritzburg, KwaZulu-Natal province, South Africa.
* A suburb of Adelaide, in the City of West Torrens, South Australia.
* A suburb of Fremantle, Western Australia.

#### Derived terms

* Hilton Head Island, Hilton Head
* Hilton House

### References

* A Dictionary of British Place-Names (2011)
* ↑ Parish map (Cambridgeshire)
* ↑ Parish map (Derbyshire)
* ↑ Parish map (Dorset)
* ↑ Parish map (Durham)
* ↑ Parish map (North Yorkshire)
* ↑ Hilton Parish Council, South Staffordshire
* ↑ Parish map (Staffordshire)
* ↑ OS: Tain, Highland

### Anagrams

* tholin

## Czech
### Etymology

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### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈɦɪlton]

### Proper noun

Hilton m anim (female equivalent Hiltonová)
* a male surname

#### Declension
### Further reading

* “Hilton”, in Příjmení.cz (in Czech)