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manton

manton noun: a shawl or wrap.

Noun

manton (plural mantons)

  1. A shawl or wrap.

Proper noun capitalized: Manton

Manton (countable and uncountable, plural Mantons)

  1. A locality in the Yass Valley council area, south eastern New South Wales, Australia.
  2. An outer rural locality and suburb of Darwin, in Litchfield Municipality, Northern Territory, Australia.
  3. A village and civil parish in North Lincolnshire district, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref SE9302).
  4. A former mining village, a suburb southeast of the town of Worksop, Bassetlaw district, Nottinghamshire, England (OS grid ref SK5978).
  5. A village and civil parish in Rutland, England (OS grid ref SK8804).
  6. A village and suburb of the town of Marlborough, Wiltshire, England (OS grid ref SU1768).
  7. A census-designated place in Tehama County and Shasta County, California, United States.
  8. An unincorporated community in Washington County, Kentucky, United States.
  9. A city in Wexford County, Michigan, United States.
  10. A neighborhood of Providence, Rhode Island, United States.
  11. (countable) A habitational surname.

Forms of manton

Noun
pluralmantons
Proper noun
pluralMantons
alternative formMenton

Origin of manton

From Spanish mantón.

Various origins: * In general, from Old English ġemǣne (“common, shared”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement”). * In the case of the village in Lincolnshire, from Old English mealm (“sand, chalk”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement”). * The surname can also be an Anglicized form of Irish Ó Manntáin (“descendant of Manntán”), a nickname derived from a diminutive of mantach (“toothless”).

Questions about manton

What does manton mean?
Manton means a shawl or wrap.
What part of speech is manton?
Manton can be a noun or a proper noun.
What is the plural of manton?
The plural of manton is mantons.

Words near manton in the dictionary

  1. mantoids
  2. mantologist
  3. mantologists
  4. mantology
  5. Mantoloking
  6. manton
  7. mantons
  8. Mantooth
  9. Mantooths
  10. mantophasmatid
  11. mantophasmatids

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