Milton
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmɪltən/
rhymes: -ɪltən
Etymology: The English place names are from Old English mylen (“mill”) or middel (“middle”) + tun (“settlement”).
Senses: glosses: A number of places in the United Kingdom:
A place in England:
A village and civil parish in South Cambridgeshire district, Cambridgeshire (OS grid ref TL4762).
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A hamlet in Brampton parish, Carlisle district, Cumbria (OS grid ref NY5560).
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A hamlet in Preston Richard parish, South Lakeland district, Cumbria (OS grid ref SD5383).
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A hamlet in Repton parish, South Derbyshire district, Derbyshire (OS grid ref SK3226).
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An area of Portsmouth, Hampshire.
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Former name of Old Milton, Hampshire, renamed on maps by 1970.
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An eastern suburb of Gravesend, Gravesham borough, Kent (OS grid ref TQ6574).
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A village in West Markham parish, Bassetlaw district, Nottinghamshire (OS grid ref SK7173).
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A small village and civil parish (without a council) in Cherwell district, Oxfordshire (OS grid ref SP4535).
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A village and civil parish in Vale of White Horse district, Oxfordshire (OS grid ref SU4892).
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A hamlet in Ash parish, Somerset, previously in South Somerset district (OS grid ref ST4621).
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A suburb of Weston-super-Mare, North Somerset district, Somerset (OS grid ref ST3462).
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An eastern suburb of Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire (OS grid ref SJ9050).
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A hamlet in East Knoyle parish, Wiltshire (OS grid ref ST8731).
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A place in Scotland:
A village in Easter Ross, Highland council area (OS grid ref NH7674).
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A small village in Glen Urquhart, Highland council area, historically in Inverness-shire (OS grid ref NH4930).
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A suburban area of Glasgow, Glasgow council area (OS grid ref NS5969).
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A hamlet west of Aberfoyle, Stirling council area (OS grid ref NN5001).
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A village in West Dunbartonshire council area (OS grid ref NS4274).
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A place in Scotland:
A settlement on South Uist in the Outer Hebrides, Western Isles council area (OS grid ref NF7326).
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A settlement in Carew community, Pembrokeshire, Wales (OS grid ref SN0303)
glosses: A habitational surname from Old English, from the multiple places in Britain named "Milton".
examples: text: Herbert, Sydney, Milton, Seymour. You know, all the time I was growing up I thought those were the most ordinary Jewish first names, until someone pointed out that they were British last names. I guess to my great-grandparents those names must have sounded so modern, so sophisticated, so - non-Eastern European. And now they're just Uncle Miltie, Uncle Sy, Uncle Herb. Do other people have Uncle Donne and Uncle Wordsworth?
ref: 1989, David Leavitt, Equal Affections, →ISBN, page 215:
glosses: A male given name transferred from the surname.
examples: text: The most vulgar man, when he prays, when he suffers, and places hope in heaven, has, at that moment, something in him, which he would express, like Milton, Homer, or Tasso, if education had taught him to clothe his thoughts with words.
ref: 1807, [Germaine] de Staël Holstein, translated by D[ennis] Lawler, “[Book X. Holy week.] Chap[ter] V.”, in Corinna; or, Italy. […], volume III, London: […] Corri, […]; and sold by Colburn, […], and Mackenzie, […], →OCLC, pages 59–60:
glosses: John Milton, an English author and poet of the seventeenth century.
glosses: John Milton's works or media adaptations of his works.
glosses: A place in Australia:
A suburb of Brisbane, Queensland; named for nearby Milton Farm, itself for poet John Milton.
glosses: A place in Australia:
A village in the City of Shoalhaven, New South Wales.
glosses: A town in Otago, New Zealand.
glosses: A place in Canada:
A town in the Regional Municipality of Halton, Ontario; named for poet John Milton.
glosses: A place in Canada:
A village in Queens County, Nova Scotia.
glosses: A place in Canada:
A former logging village in Newfoundland and Labrador; named for poet John Milton.
glosses: A place in Canada:
A rural municipality in west-central Saskatchewan; in full, Rural Municipality of Milton No. 292.
glosses: A place in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Calaveras County, California; named for railroad engineer Milton Latham.
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A town in Sussex County, Delaware; named for poet John Milton.
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A city, the county seat of Santa Rosa County, Florida; perhaps named for poet John Milton, or for the local lumber mill industry.
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A city in Fulton County, Georgia, a suburb of Atlanta; named for Revolutionary War officer John Milton.
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A village in Pike County, Illinois.
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An unincorporated community in Union Township, Ohio County, Indiana; named for the gristmill and sawmill in the area.
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A town in Washington Township, Wayne County, Indiana; named for the watermills in the area.
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A minor city in Van Buren County, Iowa; named for the town in Delaware.
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An unincorporated community in Sumner County, Kansas.
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A minor city in Trimble County, Kentucky.
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A census-designated place in Lafayette Parish, Louisiana; named for early resident Dr. Milton R. Cushman and his son, Milton S. Cushman.
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An unorganized territory in Oxford County, Maine.
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A town in Norfolk County, Massachusetts; named for Milton Abbey in Dorset, England.
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An unincorporated community in Atchison County, Missouri.
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A neighborhood of Kansas City, Missouri; named for the landowning Milton family.
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An unincorporated community in Randolph County, Missouri; named for the town in North Carolina.
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A town and census-designated place therein, in Strafford County, New Hampshire; named for either a mill in the area or for the Viscount Milton.
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A town and census-designated place therein, in Saratoga County, New York; named for either poet John Milton or a mill in the area.
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A hamlet and census-designated place in the town of Marlborough, Ulster County, New York; named for poet John Milton.
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A town in Caswell County, North Carolina; named for a mill in the area.
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A minor city in Cavalier County, North Dakota.
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A borough in Northumberland County, Pennsylvania.
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An unincorporated community in Rutherford County, Tennessee.
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An unincorporated community in Lamar County, Texas.
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A town and census-designated place therein, in Chittenden County, Vermont, a suburb of Burlington; named for British statesman William Fitzwilliam, Viscount Milton.
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A city in King County and Pierce County, Washington.
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A town in Cabell County, West Virginia; named for landowner Milton Reece.
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A town in Buffalo County, Wisconsin.
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A town and city therein, in Rock County, Wisconsin; named for poet John Milton.
glosses: A place in the United States:
A number of townships in the United States, listed under Milton Township.
Derived terms: Chapel Milton
Milton Abbas
Milton Abbot
Miltonian
Milton Keynes
Milton Lilbourne
Milton mango
Milton of Campsie
Milton-under-Wychwood
Miltonvale
New Milton
Old Milton
Related terms: Melton
Middleton