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Manton.

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  1. A placename: A locality in the Yass Valley council area, south eastern New South Wales, Australia.

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  2. A placename: An outer rural locality and suburb of Darwin, in Litchfield Municipality, Northern Territory, Australia.

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  3. A placename: A village and civil parish in North Lincolnshire district, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref SE9302).

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  4. A placename: A former mining village, a suburb southeast of the town of Worksop, Bassetlaw district, Nottinghamshire, England (OS grid ref SK5978).

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  5. A placename: A village and civil parish in Rutland, England (OS grid ref SK8804).

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  6. A placename: A village and suburb of the town of Marlborough, Wiltshire, England (OS grid ref SU1768).

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  7. A placename: A census-designated place in Tehama County and Shasta County, California, United States.

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  8. A placename: An unincorporated community in Washington County, Kentucky, United States.

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  9. A placename: A city in Wexford County, Michigan, United States.

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  10. A placename: A neighborhood of Providence, Rhode Island, United States.

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  11. A habitational surname.

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Where this word comes from

Various origins: * In general, from Old English ġemǣne (“common, shared”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement”). * In the case of the village in Lincolnshire, from Old English mealm (“sand, chalk”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement”). * The surname can also be an Anglicized form of Irish Ó Manntáin (“descendant of Manntán”), a nickname derived from a diminutive of mantach (“toothless”).

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