Lawton
English
Etymology
From Middle English [Term?], from Old English [Term?], from hlāw (“hill, ound”) + tūn (“homestead”) (-ton).
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /lɔːtən/
- Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)tən
Proper noun
Lawton (countable and uncountable, plural Lawtons)
- A placename:
- A hamlet west of Leominster, Herefordshire, England (OS grid ref SO4459). [1]
- A community in the County of Barrhead No. 11, Alberta, Canada.
- A number of places in the United States:
- An unincorporated community in Tippecanoe Township, Pulaski County, Indiana.
- A minor city in Woodbury County, Iowa.
- An unincorporated community in Cherokee County, Kansas.
- A village in Van Buren County, Michigan.
- A minor city in Ramsey County, North Dakota.
- A city, the county seat of Comanche County, Oklahoma.
- An unincorporated community in Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania.
- An unincorporated community in Fayette County, West Virginia.
- An unincorporated community in the towns of Ellsworth and Martell, Pierce County, Wisconsin.
- (countable) A surname.
- (countable) A male given name transferred from the surname
Derived terms
- Church Lawton
- Lawton Hall
- Lawton's Mill
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