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Winton.

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name/ˈwɪn.tən/

  1. A common placename: A place in England: A village and civil parish in Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, previously in Eden district (OS grid ref NY7810).

    uncountable · usually

  2. A common placename: A place in England: A suburb of Bournemouth, Dorset (OS grid ref SZ0893).

    uncountable · usually

  3. A common placename: A place in England: A hamlet in Alfriston parish, Wealden district, East Sussex (OS grid ref TQ5203).

    uncountable · usually

  4. A common placename: A place in England: A suburban area of Salford, Greater Manchester (OS grid ref SJ7599).

    uncountable · usually

  5. A common placename: A place in England: A hamlet in Winton, Stank and Hallikeld parish, North Yorkshire, previously in Hambleton district (OS grid ref SE4096).

    uncountable · usually

  6. A common placename: A place in the United States: A census-designated place in Merced County, California.

    uncountable · usually

  7. A common placename: A place in the United States: A minor city in Saint Louis County, Minnesota.

    uncountable · usually

  8. A common placename: A place in the United States: A town, the county seat of Hertford County, North Carolina.

    uncountable · usually

  9. A common placename: A place in the United States: An unincorporated community in Chelan County, Washington.

    uncountable · usually

  10. A common placename: A place in the United States: A ghost town in Sweetwater County, Wyoming.

    uncountable · usually

  11. A common placename: A town in Southland, New Zealand.

    uncountable · usually

  12. A common placename: A place in Australia: A locality in the Tamworth council area, north eastern New South Wales, Australia.

    uncountable · usually

  13. A common placename: A place in Australia: A town in the Shire of Winton, Queensland, Australia.

    uncountable · usually

  14. A common placename: A place in Australia: A local government area in central-west Queensland; in full, the Shire of Winton.

    uncountable · usually

  15. A common placename: A place in Australia: A town in the Rural City of Benalla, Victoria, Australia.

    uncountable · usually

  16. A common placename: Winchester (the city in Hampshire, England).

    archaic · uncountable · usually

  17. A habitational surname from Old English.

    countable · usually
Where this word comes from

From either the Old English personal name Wine, which is a byname from wine (“friend”), or winn (“pasture”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

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