Chilton
Chilton proper noun: a surname. Also the ellipsis of Chilton County.
Proper noun
Chilton (countable and uncountable, plural Chiltons)
- A surname.
- A village and civil parish in Buckinghamshire, formerly in Aylesbury Vale district (OS grid ref SP6811).
- A small town and civil parish with a town council in County Durham (OS grid ref NZ2829).
- A western suburb of Ramsgate, Thanet district, Kent (OS grid ref TR3664).
- A village and civil parish in Vale of White Horse district, Oxfordshire (OS grid ref SU4885).
- A civil parish and settlement in Babergh district, Suffolk (OS grid ref TL8842).
- An unincorporated community in Carter County, Missouri.
- A census-designated place and unincorporated community in Falls County, Texas.
- A city, the county seat of Calumet County, Wisconsin.
- A town in Calumet County, Wisconsin, partially within which the city is.
Also used as
Chilton is also the ellipsis of Chilton County.
Forms of Chilton
| plural | Chiltons |
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Origin of Chilton
From Old English ċilda tūn, a compound of ċilda (genitive plural of ċild (“child”)) + tūn (“town”). The name of Chilton, Oxfordshire is attested under various spellings in Medieval Latin texts of the 11th and 12th centuries: Cilda tun, Childatun, Chiltune, Chiltuna, Ciltone, Cilletone (in the Domesday Book), and Childestuna.
Words formed from Chilton
Questions about Chilton
- What does Chilton mean?
- Chilton means a surname.
- What part of speech is Chilton?
- Chilton is a proper noun.
Words near Chilton in the dictionary
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