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laton

laton is the alternative form of latten.

Meaning of latten

Noun

latten (countable and uncountable, plural lattens)

  1. (archaic, historical) An alloy of copper and tin, similar to bronze, with a sufficient portion of tin to make it a pewter-like color with yellowish tinge (rather than the brownish-gold color of bronze of higher copper content), once used in thin sheets and for domestic utensils and light-duty tools.
  2. Sheet tin; iron plate, covered with tin.
  3. Any metal in thin sheets.
    • gold latten

Proper noun capitalized: Laton

Laton

  1. A census-designated place in Fresno County, California, United States.

Questions about laton

What does laton mean?
Laton means a census-designated place in Fresno County, California, United States.
What is laton the alternative form of?
Laton is the alternative form of latten.
What part of speech is laton?
Laton is a proper noun.

Words near laton in the dictionary

  1. latkes
  2. latlon
  3. latlons
  4. lato senso
  5. lato sensu
  6. laton
  7. Latona
  8. Latonia
  9. Latonian
  10. LaTonya
  11. Latooka

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Adapted from Wiktionary: laton (page history and authors); Laton (page history and authors); latten (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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