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Bolton

/bɒltən/

Bolton proper noun: a town and metropolitan borough of Greater Manchester, England.

Proper noun

Bolton

  1. A town and metropolitan borough of Greater Manchester, England.
    • But Bolton deserve real credit, seeking to take advantage of their jitters at every opportunity in typically determined fashion.2010 December 29, Chris Whyatt, “Chelsea 1 - 0 Bolton”, in BBC
  2. A village and civil parish in Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, England, previously in Eden district (OS grid ref NY6323).
  3. A small village in Fangfoss parish, East Riding of Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE7752).
  4. A small village in Hedgeley parish, Northumberland, England (OS grid ref NU1013).
  5. A northern suburb of Bradford, West Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE1635).
  6. A small village south of Haddington, East Lothian council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NT5070).
  7. A town in Tolland County, Connecticut.
  8. A neighbourhood of Atlanta, Georgia.
  9. An unincorporated community in Stephenson County, Illinois.
  10. An unincorporated community in Montgomery County, Kansas.
  11. A town in Worcester County, Massachusetts.
  12. An unincorporated community in Maple Ridge Township, Alpena County, Michigan.
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  1. A town in Hinds County, Mississippi.
  2. An unincorporated community in Harrison County, Missouri.
  3. A town in Warren County, New York.
  4. A town in Columbus County, North Carolina.
  5. A census-designated place in Lexington Township, Stark County, Ohio.
  6. A town and census-designated place therein, in Chittenden County, Vermont.
  7. A large community in the town of Caledon, Regional Municipality of Peel, Ontario, Canada.
  8. A locality in the Rural City of Swan Hill, Victoria, Australia.
  9. A habitational surname from Old English.
    • This was not the first disagreement between the ultra-hawkish Bolton and the occasionally more intervention-skeptic Trump.2019 September 10, Christian Britschgi, “Ultra-Hawk John Bolton Fired From Trump Administration”, in Reason

Forms of Bolton

alternative surnameBoulton

Origin of Bolton

From Middle English Bodeltone (in the Domesday Book) etc., ultimately from Old English bolt, bold, botl, etc. (“home, hall, manor”) + -tun (“-ton: enclosure, town”).

Words formed from Bolton

Questions about Bolton

What does Bolton mean?
Bolton means a town and metropolitan borough of Greater Manchester, England.
What part of speech is Bolton?
Bolton is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce Bolton?
Bolton is pronounced /bɒltən/ (UK).

Words near Bolton in the dictionary

  1. boltless
  2. boltlike
  3. boltmaker
  4. boltmakers
  5. boltmaking
  6. Bolton
  7. Bolton Abbey
  8. Bolton Percy
  9. Bolton Point
  10. Bolton upon Dearne
  11. Bolton-by-Bowland

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