Morton
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: [ˈmɔːtn̩]
ipa: [ˈmɔɹtn̩]
ipa: [ˈmɔɹɾn̩]
ipa: [ˈmɔɹʔn̩]
ipa: [ˈmoːtn̩]
rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)tən
Etymology: From Old English mōr (“moor, marsh”) + tūn (“settlement”).
Senses: glosses: Any of several places of that name (or Moreton) meaning "settlement near a moor or marsh", or named after people.
A number of places in England:
A western suburb of Carlisle, Cumbria (OS grid ref NY3854).
glosses: Any of several places of that name (or Moreton) meaning "settlement near a moor or marsh", or named after people.
A number of places in England:
A hamlet in Hesket parish and Skelton parish, near Calthwaite, Eden district, Cumbria (OS grid ref NY4539).
glosses: Any of several places of that name (or Moreton) meaning "settlement near a moor or marsh", or named after people.
A number of places in England:
A village and civil parish in North East Derbyshire district, Derbyshire (OS grid ref SK4160).
glosses: Any of several places of that name (or Moreton) meaning "settlement near a moor or marsh", or named after people.
A number of places in England:
A suburb of Thornbury, South Gloucestershire district, Gloucestershire (OS grid ref ST6491).
glosses: Any of several places of that name (or Moreton) meaning "settlement near a moor or marsh", or named after people.
A number of places in England:
A suburban area in Brading parish, Isle of Wight (OS grid ref SZ6086).
glosses: Any of several places of that name (or Moreton) meaning "settlement near a moor or marsh", or named after people.
A number of places in England:
A hamlet in Swinderby parish, near Morton Hall, North Kesteven district, Lincolnshire (OS grid ref SK8863).
glosses: Any of several places of that name (or Moreton) meaning "settlement near a moor or marsh", or named after people.
A number of places in England:
A village in Morton and Hanthorpe parish, South Kesteven district, Lincolnshire (OS grid ref TF0924).
glosses: Any of several places of that name (or Moreton) meaning "settlement near a moor or marsh", or named after people.
A number of places in England:
A village and civil parish by Gainsborough, West Lindsey district, Lincolnshire (not actually named "Morton by Gainsborough"; OS grid ref SK8091).
glosses: Any of several places of that name (or Moreton) meaning "settlement near a moor or marsh", or named after people.
A number of places in England:
A hamlet in Morton on the Hill parish, Broadland district, Norfolk (OS grid ref TG1217).
glosses: Any of several places of that name (or Moreton) meaning "settlement near a moor or marsh", or named after people.
A number of places in England:
A hamlet in Babworth parish, Bassetlaw district, Nottinghamshire (OS grid ref SK6780).
glosses: Any of several places of that name (or Moreton) meaning "settlement near a moor or marsh", or named after people.
A number of places in England:
A village in Fiskerton cum Morton parish, Newark and Sherwood district, Nottinghamshire (OS grid ref SK7251).
glosses: Any of several places of that name (or Moreton) meaning "settlement near a moor or marsh", or named after people.
A number of places in England:
A hamlet in Oswestry Rural parish, Shropshire (OS grid ref SJ2924).
glosses: Any of several places of that name (or Moreton) meaning "settlement near a moor or marsh", or named after people.
A commune in Vienne department, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France.
glosses: Any of several places of that name (or Moreton) meaning "settlement near a moor or marsh", or named after people.
A community in Rideau Lakes, Ontario, Canada.
glosses: Any of several places of that name (or Moreton) meaning "settlement near a moor or marsh", or named after people.
A number of places in the United States:
A village in Tazewell County, Illinois.
glosses: Any of several places of that name (or Moreton) meaning "settlement near a moor or marsh", or named after people.
A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Putnam County, Indiana.
glosses: Any of several places of that name (or Moreton) meaning "settlement near a moor or marsh", or named after people.
A number of places in the United States:
A minor city in Renville County, Minnesota.
glosses: Any of several places of that name (or Moreton) meaning "settlement near a moor or marsh", or named after people.
A number of places in the United States:
A city in Scott County, Mississippi.
glosses: Any of several places of that name (or Moreton) meaning "settlement near a moor or marsh", or named after people.
A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Ray County, Missouri.
glosses: Any of several places of that name (or Moreton) meaning "settlement near a moor or marsh", or named after people.
A number of places in the United States:
A hamlet in Kendall, Orleans County, New York.
glosses: Any of several places of that name (or Moreton) meaning "settlement near a moor or marsh", or named after people.
A number of places in the United States:
A neighbourhood in north-west Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
glosses: Any of several places of that name (or Moreton) meaning "settlement near a moor or marsh", or named after people.
A number of places in the United States:
A borough in Delaware County, Pennsylvania.
glosses: Any of several places of that name (or Moreton) meaning "settlement near a moor or marsh", or named after people.
A number of places in the United States:
A small city, the county seat of Cochran County, Texas.
glosses: Any of several places of that name (or Moreton) meaning "settlement near a moor or marsh", or named after people.
A number of places in the United States:
A city in Lewis County, Washington.
glosses: Any of several places of that name (or Moreton) meaning "settlement near a moor or marsh", or named after people.
A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Fremont County, Wyoming.
glosses: Any of several places of that name (or Moreton) meaning "settlement near a moor or marsh", or named after people.
A number of places in the United States:
A number of townships in the United States, listed under Morton Township.
glosses: An English and Scottish habitational surname from Old English from the placename.
glosses: A male given name transferred from the surname.
glosses: A Scottish earldom.
Derived terms: Boissevain-Morton
Fiskerton cum Morton
Morton and Hanthorpe
Morton code
Morton County
Mortonian
Morton-on-Swale
Morton on the Hill
Morton order
Morton ordering
Morton's fork
Morton's syndrome
Morton's toe
Related terms: Moreton