Hampton
Syllables: Hamp·ton/ˈhæmp.tən/
Hampton proper noun: a hamlet in Shute parish, East Devon district, Devon (OS grid ref SY2696).
Proper noun
Hampton
- A hamlet in Shute parish, East Devon district, Devon (OS grid ref SY2696).
- A suburb in the borough of Richmond upon Thames, Greater London, originally in Middlesex (OS grid ref TQ1369).
- A western coastal suburb of Herne Bay, Canterbury district, Kent (OS grid ref TR1568).
- A hamlet on the west bank of the Severn in Chelmarsh parish, Shropshire, opposite Hampton Loade (OS grid ref SO7486).
- A hamlet in Highworth parish, Swindon borough, Wiltshire (OS grid ref SU1892).
- A western suburb of Evesham, Wychavon district, Worcestershire (OS grid ref SP0243).
- A small city, the county seat of Calhoun County, Arkansas.
- A town in Windham County, Connecticut.
- A minor city in Bradford County, Florida.
- A city in Henry County, Georgia.
- A village in Rock Island County, Illinois.
- A city, the county seat of Franklin County, Iowa.
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- A ghost town in Rush County, Kansas.
- An unincorporated community in Livingston County, Kentucky.
- A census-designated place in Baltimore County, Maryland.
- A township and minor city therein, in Dakota County, Minnesota.
- A former hamlet in Platte County, Missouri.
- A village in Hamilton County, Nebraska.
- A town in Rockingham County, New Hampshire.
- A borough in Hunterdon County, New Jersey.
- An area of multiple towns on the south fork of Long Island, New York, known as The Hamptons.
- A town in Washington County, New York.
- A census-designated place in Reading Township, Adams County, Pennsylvania.
- A town, the county seat of Hampton County, South Carolina. Named after Wade Hampton III.
- A census-designated place in Carter County, Tennessee.
- An independent city in south-east Virginia.
- An unincorporated community in Upshur County, West Virginia.
- A number of other townships, listed under Hampton Township.
- A civil parish of Kings County, New Brunswick, Canada.
- A town in Kings County, New Brunswick.
- A community in Nova Scotia.
- A community in Prince Edward Island.
- A locality in the Lithgow council area, eastern New South Wales, Australia.
- A town in Queensland.
- A suburb of Melbourne in the City of Bayside, Victoria, Australia
- An English habitational surname from Old English from the placenames.
- A male given name transferred from the surname.
Forms of Hampton
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Origin of Hampton
Variously from: * Old English Hāmtūn, from hām and tūn (equivalent to home + town); * Old English hēantūn, from hēah and tūn (equivalent to high + town). The town in New Brunswick may have been named after one of several towns in New England. The civil parish is named after the town.
Words formed from Hampton
- East Hampton
- Hampton Bays
- Hampton Beach
- Hampton County
- Hampton Court
- Hampton East
- Hampton Falls
- Hampton Gay
- Hampton Hill
- Hamptonian
- Hampton in Arden
- Hampton Loade
- Hampton Park
- Hampton Poyle
- Hampton Roads
- Hampton Wick
- Little Hampton
- New Hampton
- Northampton
- North Hampton
- Southampton
- South Hampton
- Wade Hampton
- Wolverhampton
Phrases with Hampton
Questions about Hampton
- What does Hampton mean?
- Hampton means a hamlet in Shute parish, East Devon district, Devon (OS grid ref SY2696).
- What part of speech is Hampton?
- Hampton is a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce Hampton?
- Hampton is pronounced /ˈhæmp.tən/ (UK).
Words near Hampton in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: Hampton (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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