Hinton
Hinton proper noun: a suburb of Newcastle in the Port Stephens council area, New South Wales, Australia.
Proper noun
Hinton (countable and uncountable, plural Hintons)
- A suburb of Newcastle in the Port Stephens council area, New South Wales, Australia.
- A town in Yellowhead County, Alberta, Canada.
- A civil parish in east Dorset, which includes Hinton Martell and Hinton Parva, and served by the Vale of Allen Parish Council Group.
- A village and civil parish in Stroud district, Gloucestershire (OS grid ref SO6803).
- A village in Dyrham and Hinton parish, South Gloucestershire district, Gloucestershire (OS grid ref ST7376).
- A settlement in Bransgore parish, New Forest district, Hampshire, location of Hinton Admiral house and railway station (OS grid ref SZ2195).
- A hamlet in Peterchurch parish, Herefordshire (OS grid ref SO3338).
- A village in Woodford cum Membris parish, West Northamptonshire, Northamptonshire, previously in Daventry district (OS grid ref SP5352).
- A hamlet in Pontesbury parish, Shropshire (OS grid ref SJ4008).
- A hamlet in Mudford parish, Somerset, previously in South Somerset district (OS grid ref ST5720).
- A rural locality in Blythburgh civil parish, East Suffolk district, Suffolk (OS grid ref TM4471 (approx.)).
- An unincorporated community in Nevada County, California.
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- A small city in Plymouth County, Iowa.
- A township in Mecosta County, Michigan.
- An unincorporated community in Boone County, Missouri.
- A town in Caddo County, Oklahoma.
- A city, the county seat of Summers County, West Virginia.
- A habitational surname from Old English.
Forms of Hinton
| plural | Hintons |
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Origin of Hinton
From either Old English hēan, dative form of hēah (“high”), or hīwan (“household”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).
Words formed from Hinton
- Broad Hinton
- Cherry Hinton
- Davies-Hinton test
- Dyrham and Hinton
- Great Hinton
- Hinton Ampner
- Hinton Blewett
- Hinton Charterhouse
- Hinton Daubney
- Hinton-in-the-Hedges
- Hinton Martell
- Hinton on the Green
- Hinton Parva
- Hinton St George
- Hinton St Mary
- Hinton test
- Hinton Waldrist
- Tarrant Hinton
Questions about Hinton
- What does Hinton mean?
- Hinton means a suburb of Newcastle in the Port Stephens council area, New South Wales, Australia.
- What part of speech is Hinton?
- Hinton is a proper noun.
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