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Milton.

A number of places in the United Kingdom:

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Meaning & usage

name/ˈmɪltən/
  1. 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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  2. A number of places in the United Kingdom: A place in England: A hamlet in Brampton parish, Carlisle district, Cumbria (OS grid ref NY5560).

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  3. A number of places in the United Kingdom: A place in England: A hamlet in Preston Richard parish, South Lakeland district, Cumbria (OS grid ref SD5383).

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  4. A number of places in the United Kingdom: A place in England: A hamlet in Repton parish, South Derbyshire district, Derbyshire (OS grid ref SK3226).

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  5. A number of places in the United Kingdom: A place in England: An area of Portsmouth, Hampshire.

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  6. A number of places in the United Kingdom: A place in England: Former name of Old Milton, Hampshire, renamed on maps by 1970.

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  7. A number of places in the United Kingdom: A place in England: An eastern suburb of Gravesend, Gravesham borough, Kent (OS grid ref TQ6574).

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  8. A number of places in the United Kingdom: A place in England: A village in West Markham parish, Bassetlaw district, Nottinghamshire (OS grid ref SK7173).

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  9. A number of places in the United Kingdom: A place in England: A small village and civil parish (without a council) in Cherwell district, Oxfordshire (OS grid ref SP4535).

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  10. A number of places in the United Kingdom: A place in England: A village and civil parish in Vale of White Horse district, Oxfordshire (OS grid ref SU4892).

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  11. A number of places in the United Kingdom: A place in England: A hamlet in Ash parish, Somerset, previously in South Somerset district (OS grid ref ST4621).

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  12. A number of places in the United Kingdom: A place in England: A suburb of Weston-super-Mare, North Somerset district, Somerset (OS grid ref ST3462).

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  13. A number of places in the United Kingdom: A place in England: An eastern suburb of Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire (OS grid ref SJ9050).

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  14. A number of places in the United Kingdom: A place in England: A hamlet in East Knoyle parish, Wiltshire (OS grid ref ST8731).

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  15. A number of places in the United Kingdom: A place in Scotland: A village in Easter Ross, Highland council area (OS grid ref NH7674).

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  16. A number of places in the United Kingdom: A place in Scotland: A small village in Glen Urquhart, Highland council area, historically in Inverness-shire (OS grid ref NH4930).

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  17. A number of places in the United Kingdom: A place in Scotland: A suburban area of Glasgow, Glasgow council area (OS grid ref NS5969).

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  18. A number of places in the United Kingdom: A place in Scotland: A hamlet west of Aberfoyle, Stirling council area (OS grid ref NN5001).

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  19. A number of places in the United Kingdom: A place in Scotland: A village in West Dunbartonshire council area (OS grid ref NS4274).

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  20. A number of places in the United Kingdom: 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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  21. A number of places in the United Kingdom: A settlement in Carew community, Pembrokeshire, Wales (OS grid ref SN0303)

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  22. A habitational surname from Old English, from the multiple places in Britain named "Milton".

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  23. A male given name transferred from the surname.

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  24. John Milton, an English author and poet of the seventeenth century.

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  25. John Milton's works or media adaptations of his works.

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  26. A place in Australia: A suburb of Brisbane, Queensland; named for nearby Milton Farm, itself for poet John Milton.

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  27. A place in Australia: A village in the City of Shoalhaven, New South Wales.

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  28. A town in Otago, New Zealand.

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  29. A place in Canada: A town in the Regional Municipality of Halton, Ontario; named for poet John Milton.

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  30. A place in Canada: A village in Queens County, Nova Scotia.

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  31. A place in Canada: A former logging village in Newfoundland and Labrador; named for poet John Milton.

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  32. A place in Canada: A rural municipality in west-central Saskatchewan; in full, Rural Municipality of Milton No. 292.

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  33. A place in the United States: An unincorporated community in Calaveras County, California; named for railroad engineer Milton Latham.

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  34. A place in the United States: A town in Sussex County, Delaware; named for poet John Milton.

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  35. A place in the United States: 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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  36. A place in the United States: A city in Fulton County, Georgia, a suburb of Atlanta; named for Revolutionary War officer John Milton.

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  37. A place in the United States: A village in Pike County, Illinois.

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  38. A place in the United States: An unincorporated community in Union Township, Ohio County, Indiana; named for the gristmill and sawmill in the area.

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  39. A place in the United States: A town in Washington Township, Wayne County, Indiana; named for the watermills in the area.

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  40. A place in the United States: A minor city in Van Buren County, Iowa; named for the town in Delaware.

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  41. A place in the United States: An unincorporated community in Sumner County, Kansas.

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  42. A place in the United States: A minor city in Trimble County, Kentucky.

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  43. A place in the United States: 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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  44. A place in the United States: An unorganized territory in Oxford County, Maine.

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  45. A place in the United States: A town in Norfolk County, Massachusetts; named for Milton Abbey in Dorset, England.

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  46. A place in the United States: An unincorporated community in Atchison County, Missouri.

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  47. A place in the United States: A neighborhood of Kansas City, Missouri; named for the landowning Milton family.

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  48. A place in the United States: An unincorporated community in Randolph County, Missouri; named for the town in North Carolina.

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  49. A place in the United States: 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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  50. A place in the United States: 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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  51. A place in the United States: A hamlet and census-designated place in the town of Marlborough, Ulster County, New York; named for poet John Milton.

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  52. A place in the United States: A town in Caswell County, North Carolina; named for a mill in the area.

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  53. A place in the United States: A minor city in Cavalier County, North Dakota.

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  54. A place in the United States: A borough in Northumberland County, Pennsylvania.

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  55. A place in the United States: An unincorporated community in Rutherford County, Tennessee.

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  56. A place in the United States: An unincorporated community in Lamar County, Texas.

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  57. A place in the United States: 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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  58. A place in the United States: A city in King County and Pierce County, Washington.

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  59. A place in the United States: A town in Cabell County, West Virginia; named for landowner Milton Reece.

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  60. A place in the United States: A town in Buffalo County, Wisconsin.

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  61. A place in the United States: A town and city therein, in Rock County, Wisconsin; named for poet John Milton.

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  62. A place in the United States: A number of townships in the United States, listed under Milton Township.

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Where this word comes from

The English place names are from Old English mylen (“mill”) or middel (“middle”) + tun (“settlement”).

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