Eaton
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈiːtən/
homophone: eaten
homophone: Eton
Forms: form: Eatons
form: Aton
Etymology: From Old English ea (“river”) + tun (“homestead”). As a surname, it is given to someone living near a river or on an island, or any of the various places in England called "Eaton". See also Eton, which is a doublet.
Senses: glosses: A surname.
glosses: A placename:
A number of places in England:
A village and civil parish north of Congleton, Cheshire East district, Cheshire (OS grid ref SJ8765).
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A number of places in England:
A former civil parish containing Eaton Hall in Cheshire West and Chester borough, Cheshire, now part of Eaton and Eccleston civil parish (OS grid ref SJ4160).
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A number of places in England:
A village in Rushton parish, Cheshire West and Chester district, Cheshire (OS grid ref SJ5763).
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A number of places in England:
A village and civil parish in Melton borough, Leicestershire (OS grid ref SK7929).
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A suburb in south-west Norwich, Norfolk, England (OS grid ref TG2006).
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A village and civil parish (served by Gamston with West Drayton and Eaton Parish Council) in Bassetlaw district, Nottinghamshire (OS grid ref SK7178).
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A number of places in England:
A hamlet in Appleton-with-Eaton parish, Vale of White Horse district, Oxfordshire (OS grid ref SP4403).
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A number of places in England:
A small village in Eaton-under-Heywood parish, Shropshire (OS grid ref SO4990).
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A place in Australia:
A suburb of Darwin, Northern Territory; named for Charles Eaton, a RAAF officer.
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A rural locality in the Cassowary Coast Region, Queensland.
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A suburb of Bunbury in the Shire of Dardanup, Western Australia.
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A locality in Canada
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Former name of Eatonia: a town in Chesterfield, Saskatchewan; named in honour of Timothy Eaton, founder of the Eaton's department store chain and mail-order catalogue service.
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A town in Weld County, Colorado.
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A town in Union Township, Delaware County, Indiana.
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A township in Eaton County, Michigan.
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A township in Kearney County, Nebraska.
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A town in Carroll County, New Hampshire; named for Theophilus Eaton, the first governor of New Haven Colony.
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A town in Madison County, New York; named for William Eaton.
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A city, the county seat of Preble County, Ohio; named for William Eaton, a commander in the First Barbary War.
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A township in Wyoming County, Pennsylvania.
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A ghost town in Wood County, West Virginia.
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A town in Brown County, Wisconsin.
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A town in Manitowoc County, Wisconsin.
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A town in Clark County, Wisconsin.
glosses: An English habitational surname from Old English.
Derived terms: Church Eaton
Eaton and Eccleston
Eaton Constantine
Eaton County
Eaton Ford
Eatonia
Eaton Socon
Eatonton
Eatontown
Eaton-under-Heywood
Eatonville
Little Eaton
Long Eaton