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Shelton

/ˈʃɛltən/

Shelton proper noun: a surname.

Proper noun

Shelton

  1. A surname.
  2. A male given name transferred from the surname.
  3. A village in Dean and Shelton parish, Bedford borough, Bedfordshire (OS grid ref TL0368).
  4. A small village in Shelton and Hardwick parish, South Norfolk district, Norfolk (OS grid ref TM2291).
  5. A small village and civil parish in Rushcliffe borough, Nottinghamshire (OS grid ref SK7844).
  6. A western suburb of Shrewsbury, Shropshire (OS grid ref SJ4613).
  7. A suburb of Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire (OS grid ref SJ8746).
  8. A city in Fairfield County, Connecticut.
  9. A village in Buffalo County and Hall County, Nebraska.
  10. A city, the county seat of Mason County, Washington.

Origin of Shelton

From Old English scylfe (“deck, shelf”) + tun (“town”). Doublet of Skelton.

Words formed from Shelton

Phrases with Shelton

Questions about Shelton

What does Shelton mean?
Shelton means a surname.
What part of speech is Shelton?
Shelton is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce Shelton?
Shelton is pronounced /ˈʃɛltən/.

Words near Shelton in the dictionary

  1. sheltersome
  2. shelterwood
  3. sheltery
  4. sheltie
  5. shelties
  6. Shelton
  7. Shelton and Hardwick
  8. Sheltonian
  9. sheltopusic
  10. sheltopusik
  11. sheltopusiks

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