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Hazelton

Hazelton proper noun: an English habitational surname from Old English.

Proper noun

Hazelton

  1. An English habitational surname from Old English.
  2. A male given name transferred from the surname.
  3. A city in Idaho.
  4. A village in British Columbia.
  5. A city in North Dakota; named after early settler Hazel Roop.
  6. A town in Kansas; named for founder Rev. J. Hazelton.
  7. A neighborhood of Youngstown, Ohio; named for the landowning Haseltine family, respelled with the -ton placename suffix.
  8. An unincorporated community in California; named for Hazelton Blodget, son of a local oilman.
  9. An unincorporated community in New Jersey.
  10. An unincorporated community in West Virginia.

Origin of Hazelton

From multiple placenames in England: Hesleden, County Durham, Haselden, Sussex, Haslingden, Lancashire, Hazeldon, Wiltshire, and Hazleton, Gloucestershire. From Old English hæsl (“hazel”) + denu (“valley”).

Words formed from Hazelton

  • Hazelton Mountains
  • New Hazelton

Questions about Hazelton

What does Hazelton mean?
Hazelton means an English habitational surname from Old English.
What part of speech is Hazelton?
Hazelton is a proper noun.

Words near Hazelton in the dictionary

  1. hazels
  2. Hazeltine
  3. Hazeltines
  4. hazeltini
  5. hazeltinis
  6. Hazelton
  7. hazelwood
  8. Hazelwood North
  9. Hazelwood South
  10. hazelworm
  11. hazelworms

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