Hilton
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /ˈhɪltən/
Etymology: From many placenames in England and Scotland, including:
* Old English hyll (“hill”) + tun (“settlement”); sometimes the first element is interpreted as Old English hield (“slope”) or helde (“tansy”)
* From Norman Hildun, from Old English hild (“battle”) + húnn (“bear cub”)
Senses: examples: text: During the boom times, Paris Hilton, Snoop Dogg, Reese Witherspoon and Matt Damon all gushed about or invested in crypto projects, bringing a mainstream audience to the wonky world of digital currencies.
ref: 2023 July 6, Erin Griffith, David Yaffe-Bellany, “How Tom Brady’s Crypto Ambitions Collided With Reality”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, archived from the original on 20 Jul 2023:
glosses: A surname.
glosses: A number of places in the United Kingdom:
A village and civil parish in Huntingdonshire district, Cambridgeshire, England (OS grid ref TL2966).
glosses: A number of places in the United Kingdom:
A small village in Murton parish, Eden district, Cumbria, England (OS grid ref NY7320).
glosses: A number of places in the United Kingdom:
A village and civil parish in South Derbyshire district, Derbyshire, England (OS grid ref SK2430).
glosses: A number of places in the United Kingdom:
A village and civil parish in north Dorset, England (OS grid ref ST7803).
glosses: A number of places in the United Kingdom:
A small village and civil parish in County Durham, England (OS grid ref NZ1621).
glosses: A number of places in the United Kingdom:
A village and civil parish in Stockton-on-Tees borough, North Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref NZ4611).
glosses: A number of places in the United Kingdom:
A village in Worfield parish, south-east Shropshire, England (OS grid ref SO7795).
glosses: A number of places in the United Kingdom:
A civil parish in South Staffordshire district, Staffordshire, England, near Featherstone.
glosses: A number of places in the United Kingdom:
A hamlet in Wall parish, Lichfield district, Staffordshire (OS grid ref SK0805).
glosses: A number of places in the United Kingdom:
A suburb of Aberdeen, City of Aberdeen council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NJ9208).
glosses: A number of places in the United Kingdom:
A southern suburb of Inverness, Highland council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NH6743).
glosses: A number of places in the United Kingdom:
A hamlet near Tain, Highland council area (OS grid ref NH7980).
glosses: A number of places in the United Kingdom:
A hamlet in Berwickshire, Scottish Borders council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NT8850).
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Early County, Georgia.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Perry County, Kentucky.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Howard County, Maryland.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A community in Atlantic Highlands borough, Monmouth County, New Jersey.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A village in Parma, Monroe County, New York.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Creek County, Oklahoma.
glosses: A township on St. Joseph Island, Algoma District, Ontario, Canada.
glosses: A town near Pietermaritzburg, KwaZulu-Natal province, South Africa.
glosses: A suburb of Adelaide in the City of West Torrens, South Australia.
glosses: A suburb of Fremantle, Western Australia.
Derived terms: Hilton Head Island
Hilton Head
Hilton House