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Picton.

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6 characters2 syllables approx.English language

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  1. A placename: A hamlet and civil parish (without a council) in North Yorkshire, England, previously in Hambleton district (OS grid ref NZ4107).

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  2. A placename: A hamlet and former civil parish in Mickle Trafford and District parish, Cheshire West and Chester district, Cheshire, England (OS grid ref SJ4371).

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  3. A placename: A former ward in Liverpool, Merseyside, Lancashire, England, abolished in 2023.

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  4. A placename: A small town in Wollondilly Shire, New South Wales, Australia, named after Thomas Picton.

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  5. A placename: A suburb of the City of Bunbury, Western Australia.

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  6. A placename: A town and ferry port in Marlborough, South Island, New Zealand.

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  7. A placename: An unincorporated community in Prince Edward County, Ontario, Canada.

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  8. A habitational surname from Old English.

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Where this word comes from

From either the Old English personal name *Pīca or pīc (“point, peak, pinnacle”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

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