Hilton
English
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”)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈhɪltən/
Proper noun
Hilton
- A surname.
- A number of places in the United Kingdom:
- A village and civil parish in Huntingdonshire district, Cambridgeshire, England (OS grid ref TL2966). [1]
- A small village in Murton parish, Eden district, Cumbria, England (OS grid ref NY7320).
- A village and civil parish in South Derbyshire district, Derbyshire, England (OS grid ref SK2430). [2]
- A village and civil parish in north Dorset, England (OS grid ref ST7803). [3]
- A small village and civil parish in County Durham, England (OS grid ref NZ1621). [4]
- A village and civil parish in Stockton-on-Tees borough, North Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref NZ4611). [5]
- A village in Worfield parish, south-east Shropshire, England (OS grid ref SO7795).
- A civil parish in South Staffordshire district, Staffordshire, England, near Featherstone. [6][7]
- A hamlet in Wall parish, Lichfield district, Staffordshire (OS grid ref SK0805).
- A suburb of Aberdeen, Aberdeen council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NJ9208).
- A southern suburb of Inverness, Highland council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NH6743).
- A hamlet near Tain, Highland council area (OS grid ref NH7980). [8]
- A hamlet in Berwickshire, Scottish Borders council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NT8850).
- A number of places in the United States:
- An unincorporated community in Early County, Georgia.
- An unincorporated community in Perry County, Kentucky.
- An unincorporated community in Howard County, Maryland.
- A community in Atlantic Highlands borough, Monmouth County, New Jersey.
- A village in Parma, Monroe County, New York.
- An unincorporated community in Creek County, Oklahoma.
- A township on St. Joseph Island, Algoma District, Ontario, Canada.
- A town near Pietermaritzburg, KwaZulu-Natal province, South Africa.
- A suburb of Adelaide, in the City of West Torrens, South Australia.
- A suburb of Fremantle, Western Australia.
Derived terms
- Hilton Head Island, Hilton Head
References
- A Dictionary of British Place-Names (2011)
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Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈɦɪlton]
Declension
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