Sutton
/ˈsʌtən/
Sutton proper noun: a small village and civil parish in Central Bedfordshire, Bedfordshire (OS grid ref TL2247).
Proper noun
Sutton (countable and uncountable, plural Suttons)
- A small village and civil parish in Central Bedfordshire, Bedfordshire (OS grid ref TL2247).
- A village and civil parish, also known as Sutton-in-the-Isle, in East Cambridgeshire district, Cambridgeshire (OS grid ref TL4479).
- A civil parish in Cheshire East, Cheshire, which includes the village of Sutton Lane Ends.
- A suburban town in southern Greater London, historically in Surrey (OS grid ref TQ2664).
- A London borough in Greater London, which includes the town.
- A village and civil parish (served by Sutton by Dover Parish Council) in Dover district, Kent (OS grid ref TR3349).
- A suburb of the Metropolitan Borough of St Helens, Merseyside; the name Sutton Oak is also used in this area (OS grid ref SJ5393).
- A civil parish (served by Sutton-in-Craven Parish Council) in North Yorkshire, previously in Craven district.
- A hamlet in Byram cum Sutton parish, North Yorkshire, previously in Selby district (OS grid ref SE4925).
- A settlement in Granby parish, Rushcliffe district, Nottinghamshire (OS grid ref SK7637).
- A settlement in Stanton Harcourt parish, West Oxfordshire district, Oxfordshire (OS grid ref SP4106).
- A village and civil parish (served by Sutton and Barlavington Parish Council) in Chichester district, West Sussex (OS grid ref SU9715).
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- A northern suburb of Dublin, Ireland, on the isthmus near Howth (Irish grid ref O2539).
- A community in the town of Georgina, Regional Municipality of York, Ontario.
- A town in Brome-Missisquoi Regional County Municipality, Estrie, Quebec.
- A rural municipality in Saskatchewan; in full, the Rural Municipality of Sutton No. 103.
- A town in Worcester County, Massachusetts.
- A city and township in Clay County, Nebraska.
- A town in Merrimack County, New Hampshire.
- An unincorporated community in Tewksbury Township, Hunterdon County, New Jersey.
- A census-designated place in Griggs County, North Dakota.
- A township in Meigs County, Ohio.
- A town and census-designated place therein, in Caledonia County, Vermont.
- A town, the county seat of Braxton County, West Virginia.
- A village in Queanbeyan-Palerang council area and Yass Valley council area, New South Wales, Australia.
- A locality in the Shire of Buloke, north western Victoria, Australia
- A small settlement in Otago, New Zealand.
- A habitational surname from Old English.
- Formal SignWriting is one particular computerized design for Sutton SignWriting that envisions a sign as a two part word.2022 January 30, Steve Slevinski, “Formal SignWriting”, in IETF, archived from the original on 30 Apr 2024
- A unisex given name transferred from the surname.
Forms of Sutton
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Origin of Sutton
From Old English suþ (“south”) + tun (“town”). Doublet of Southtown.
Words formed from Sutton
- Byram cum Sutton
- Eldomery-Sutton syndrome
- Great Sutton
- King's Sutton
- Kings Sutton
- Little Sutton
- Long Sutton
- Mablethorpe and Sutton
- North Sutton
- Sutton at Hone
- Sutton Bingham
- Sutton Bonington
- Sutton Bridge
- Sutton Cheney
- Sutton Coldfield
- Sutton Common
- Sutton County
- Sutton Courtenay
- Sutton cum Duckmanton
- Sutton Forest
- Sutton Grange
- Sutton Hoo purse-lid
- Sutton-in-Ashfield
- Sutton-in-Craven
- Sutton Mandeville
- Sutton Montis
- Sutton-on-Hull
- Sutton on Sea
- Sutton-on-Trent
- Suttons Bay
- Sutton Scarsdale
- Sutton Scotney
- Sutton tube
- Sutton-under-Whitestonecliffe
- Sutton Veny
- Sutton Weaver
Phrases with Sutton
Words that rhyme with Sutton
Questions about Sutton
- What does Sutton mean?
- Sutton means a small village and civil parish in Central Bedfordshire, Bedfordshire (OS grid ref TL2247).
- What part of speech is Sutton?
- Sutton is a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce Sutton?
- Sutton is pronounced /ˈsʌtən/ (UK).
Words near Sutton in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: Sutton (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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