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Tilton

Tilton proper noun: a surname from Old English.

Proper noun

Tilton (countable and uncountable, plural Tiltons)

  1. A surname from Old English.
  2. A village in Vermilion County, Illinois, United States.
  3. An unincorporated community in Poweshiek County, Iowa, United States.
  4. An unincorporated community in Fleming County, Kentucky, United States.
  5. A town in Belknap County, New Hampshire, United States.

Forms of Tilton

pluralTiltons

Origin of Tilton

Habitational surname from the village of Tilton on the Hill, in Leicestershire, from the Old English personal name Tila + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

Words formed from Tilton

Phrases with Tilton

Questions about Tilton

What does Tilton mean?
Tilton means a surname from Old English.
What part of speech is Tilton?
Tilton is a proper noun.

Words near Tilton in the dictionary

  1. tilting at windmills
  2. tiltings
  3. tiltlike
  4. tiltmeter
  5. tiltmeters
  6. Tilton
  7. Tilton on the Hill
  8. Tilton on the Hill and Halstead
  9. Tiltons
  10. tiltorama
  11. tiltoramas

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