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