Wilton

/ˈwɪltən/

Wilton proper noun: a hamlet in Haile parish, Cumberland, Cumbria, previously in Copeland district (OS grid ref NY0311).

Proper noun

Wilton (countable and uncountable, plural Wiltons)

A hamlet in Haile parish, Cumberland, Cumbria, previously in Copeland district (OS grid ref NY0311).
A village in Bridstow parish, near Ross-on-Wye, Herefordshire (OS grid ref SO5824).
A village and civil parish (served by Allerston and Wilton Parish Council) in North Yorkshire, previously in Ryedale district (OS grid ref SE8682).
A small village (and castle) in Redcar and Cleveland borough, North Yorkshire (OS grid ref NZ5819).
A suburb of Taunton, Somerset (OS grid ref ST2224).
A town and civil parish with a town council near Salisbury, Wiltshire, famed for the Wilton carpets (OS grid ref SU0931).
- Wiltshire actually comes from Wiltonshire, for Wilton was once a county town, royal residence and bishopric - a place of significance.2023 June 28, Stephen Roberts, “Bradshaw's Britain: Alton to Exeter”, in RAIL, number 986, page 59
A village in Grafton parish, Wiltshire (OS grid ref SU2661).
A parish of the Scottish Borders council area, Scotland.
A suburb of Cork, County Cork, Ireland.
A small town in New South Wales, Australia.
A suburb of Wellington, Wellington region, New Zealand.
A village in Mashonaland East, Zimbabwe.

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A rural municipality (the Rural Municipality of Wilton No. 472) in western Saskatchewan, Canada.
A small town in Shelby County, Alabama.
A small town in Little River County, Arkansas.
A census-designated place in Sacramento County, California.
A town in Fairfield County, Connecticut.
- "A lot of the information in C. L. and P.'s application is incomplete," said Monte Frank, a lawyer hired by Redding, Wilton and Weston to represent those towns' interests before the Connecticut Siting Council, which has jurisdiction on such issues.2001 December 23, Gary Santaniello, “A Surge in Controversy for Power Proposal”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 27 May 2015
An unincorporated community and township in Will County, Illinois.
A city in Cedar County and Muscatine County, Iowa.
A township in Muscatine County, Iowa.
A town in Franklin County, Maine.
A minor city in Beltrami County, Minnesota.
A township and unincorporated community therein, in Waseca County, Minnesota.
An unincorporated community in Boone County, Missouri.
A town in Hillsborough County, New Hampshire.
A large town in Saratoga County, New York.
A minor city in Burleigh County and McLean County, North Dakota.
A village and town in Monroe County, Wisconsin.
(countable) A habitational surname from Old English.

Wilton (plural Wiltons)

புரிசடைக் கம்பளம்

From either Old English welig (“willow”) or wella (“spring, stream”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

What does Wilton mean?: Wilton means a hamlet in Haile parish, Cumberland, Cumbria, previously in Copeland district (OS grid ref NY0311).
What is Wilton in Tamil?: Wilton in Tamil is புரிசடைக் கம்பளம். See Wilton meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is Wilton?: Wilton can be a proper noun or a noun.
How do you pronounce Wilton?: Wilton is pronounced /ˈwɪltən/.

Adapted from Wiktionary: Wilton (page history and authors); wilton (Tamil Wiktionary) (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.

Last updated: 2026-09-02

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