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Horton

UK/ˈhɔː.tən/US/ˈhɔɹ.tən/

Horton proper noun: a town and locality in the Bundaberg Region, Queensland, Australia.

Proper noun

Horton (countable and uncountable, plural Hortons)

  1. A town and locality in the Bundaberg Region, Queensland, Australia.
  2. A township in Renfrew County, Ontario, Canada.
  3. A village and civil parish in Windsor and Maidenhead borough, Berkshire (OS grid ref TQ0175).
  4. A hamlet in Ivinghoe civil parish, Aylesbury Vale district, Buckinghamshire (OS grid ref SP9219).
  5. A former civil parish, in full, Horton by Malpas, now in Shocklach Oviatt and District civil parish, Cheshire West and Chester borough, Cheshire (OS grid ref SJ4549); the local hamlet is Horton Green.
  6. A village and civil parish in Dorset, previously in East Dorset district (OS grid ref SU0307).
  7. A village and civil parish in South Gloucestershire district, Gloucestershire (OS grid ref ST7584).
  8. A village and civil parish in Ribble Valley district, Lancashire (OS grid ref SD8550).
  9. A village in Hackleton parish, West Northamptonshire, Northamptonshire, previously in South Northamptonshire district (OS grid ref SP8254).
  10. A rural locality and former civil parish, now in Blyth parish, Northumberland, formerly in Blyth Valley borough (OS grid ref NZ2779).
  11. Two settlements, East Horton and West Horton, in Chatton parish, Northumberland (OS grid ref NU0230).
  12. A hamlet and manor in Wem Rural civil parish, Shropshire.
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  1. A village and civil parish in Somerset, previously in South Somerset district (OS grid ref ST3214).
  2. A small village and civil parish in Staffordshire Moorlands district, Staffordshire (OS grid ref SJ9457).
  3. A hamlet in Bishops Cannings civil parish, Wiltshire (OS grid ref SU0463).
  4. A small village in Penrice community, southern Gower peninsula, Swansea, Wales (OS grid ref SS4785).
  5. An unincorporated community in Marshall County, Alabama.
  6. A ghost town in Inyo County, California.
  7. A small city in Brown County, Kansas.
  8. An unincorporated community in Hubbard County, Minnesota.
  9. An unincorporated community in Howell County, Missouri.
  10. An unincorporated community in Vernon County, Missouri.
  11. An unincorporated community in Lane County, Oregon.
  12. An unincorporated community in Randolph County, West Virginia.
  13. A habitational surname from Old English.

Forms of Horton

pluralHortons

Origin of Horton

The majority of the English toponyms derive from Old English horh (“mud, slime”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement”). The village in Gloucestershire derives from Old English heorot (“stag, hart”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement”)

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Phrases with Horton

Words that rhyme with Horton

Questions about Horton

What does Horton mean?
Horton means a town and locality in the Bundaberg Region, Queensland, Australia.
What part of speech is Horton?
Horton is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce Horton?
Horton is pronounced /ˈhɔː.tən/ (UK).

Words near Horton in the dictionary

  1. hortisilvicultural
  2. hortisilviculture
  3. Hortman
  4. Hortmans
  5. hortology
  6. Horton
  7. Horton Green
  8. Horton in Ribblesdale
  9. Horton Kirby
  10. Horton Kirby and South Darenth
  11. Horton's

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