Weston
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈwɛstən/
rhymes: -ɛstən
Etymology: From Old English west (“west”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).
Senses: glosses: Any of many places in England:
A village in Welford parish, West Berkshire district, Berkshire (OS grid ref SU3973).
glosses: Any of many places in England:
A village and former civil parish, now in Weston and Crewe Green parish, Cheshire East district, Cheshire (OS grid ref SJ7352).
glosses: Any of many places in England:
A settlement in Halton borough, Cheshire (OS grid ref SJ5080).
glosses: Any of many places in England:
A hamlet in Branscombe parish, East Devon district, Devon (OS grid ref SY1688).
glosses: Any of many places in England:
A village in Portland parish, Isle of Portland, Dorset (OS grid ref SY6871).
glosses: Any of many places in England:
A hamlet in Buriton parish, near Petersfield, East Hampshire district, Hampshire (OS grid ref SU7221).
glosses: Any of many places in England:
A suburb of Southampton, Hampshire (OS grid ref SU4410).
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A hamlet in Pembridge parish, Herefordshire (OS grid ref SO3656).
glosses: Any of many places in England:
A village and civil parish in North Hertfordshire district, Hertfordshire (OS grid ref TL2630).
glosses: Any of many places in England:
A village and civil parish in South Holland district, Lincolnshire (OS grid ref TF2924).
glosses: Any of many places in England:
A village in Weston and Weedon parish, West Northamptonshire, Northamptonshire, previously in South Northamptonshire district (OS grid ref SP5846).
glosses: Any of many places in England:
A village and civil parish (served by Mid Wharfdale Parish Council) in North Yorkshire, previously in Harrogate borough (OS grid ref SE1747).
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A village and civil parish in Newark and Sherwood district, Nottinghamshire (OS grid ref SK7767).
glosses: Any of many places in England:
A locality in Oswestry Rural parish, south of Oswestry, Shropshire (OS grid ref SJ2927).
glosses: Any of many places in England:
A village in Weston-under-Redcastle parish, Shropshire (OS grid ref SJ5628).
glosses: Any of many places in England:
A suburb of Bath, Bath and North East Somerset district, Somerset (OS grid ref ST7266).
glosses: Any of many places in England:
A village and civil parish (served by Weston with Gayton Parish Council) in Stafford borough, Staffordshire (OS grid ref SJ9727).
glosses: Any of many places in England:
A village and civil parish (served by Ringsfield and Weston Parish Council) in East Suffolk district, Suffolk (OS grid ref TM4287).
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A census-designated place in Las Animas County, Colorado.
examples: text: "A lot of the information in C. L. and P.'s application is incomplete," said Monte Frank, a lawyer hired by Redding, Wilton and Weston to represent those towns' interests before the Connecticut Siting Council, which has jurisdiction on such issues.
ref: 2001 December 23, Gary Santaniello, “A Surge in Controversy for Power Proposal”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 27 May 2015:
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A town and census-designated place therein, in Fairfield County, Connecticut.
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A city in Broward County, Florida.
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An unincorporated community in Webster County, Georgia.
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A minor city in Franklin County, Idaho.
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A former community in DuPage County, Illinois.
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An unincorporated community in McLean County, Illinois.
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A census-designated place in Hazel Dell Township, Pottawattamie County, Iowa.
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An unincorporated community in Crittenden County, Kentucky.
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An unincorporated community in Jackson Parish, Louisiana.
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A town in Aroostook County, Maine.
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A town in Middlesex County, Massachusetts.
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An unincorporated community in Fairfield Township, Lenawee County, Michigan.
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A town in Platte County, Missouri.
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A village in Saunders County, Nebraska.
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A census-designated place in Franklin Township, Somerset County, New Jersey.
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A village and township in Wood County, Ohio.
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A minor city in Umatilla County, Oregon, named after Weston, Missouri.
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A census-designated place in Black Creek Township, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania.
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A minor city in Collin County, Texas.
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A town in Windsor County, Vermont.
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A ghost town in King County, Washington.
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A city, the county seat of Lewis County, West Virginia.
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A town in Clark County, Wisconsin.
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A town and unincorporated community therein, in Dunn County, Wisconsin.
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A village in Marathon County, Wisconsin.
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An unincorporated community in Campbell County, Wyoming.
glosses: A place in Canada:
A neighbourhood of Winnipeg, Manitoba.
glosses: A place in Canada:
A community in Kings County, Nova Scotia.
glosses: A place in Canada:
A neighbourhood of Toronto, Ontario.
glosses: A place in Australia:
A suburb of Canberra, Australian Capital Territory.
glosses: A place in Australia:
A town in the City of Cessnock, New South Wales.
glosses: A small town in Sabah, Malaysia, named after Arthur J. West.
glosses: A town in Waitaki District, west of Oamaru, North Otago, New Zealand.
glosses: An English and Scottish habitational surname.
Derived terms: Buckhorn Weston
Edith Weston
Weston and Crewe Green
Weston and Weedon
Weston by Welland
Weston cell
Weston Colville
Weston County
Weston Coyney
Weston Green
Weston Longville
Weston Mill
Weston-on-the-Green
Weston-on-Trent
Weston Rhyn
Weston-sub-Edge
Weston-super-Mare
Weston-under-Lizard
Weston under Penyard
Weston-under-Redcastle
Weston Underwood