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Eaton
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English
Alternative forms
surname en Aton
Etymology
From en ang ea river + ang tun homestead. As a surname, it is given to someone living near a river or on an island, or any of the various places in England called "Eaton". See also en Eton 1, which is a doublet.
Pronunciation
en /ˈiːtən/
en eaten Eton
Proper noun
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A placename:
en number of places cc/England:
en village/and/cpar north of x/Congleton dist/Cheshire East co/Cheshire OS grid ref SJ8765. Parish map (Cheshire East)
en former civil parish containing Eaton Hall in bor/Cheshire West and Chester county/Cheshire now part of cpar/Eaton and Eccleston OS grid ref SJ4160.
en village par/Rushton uauth/Cheshire West and Chester co/Cheshire OS grid ref SJ5763.
en village/and/cpar in bor/Melton co/Leicestershire OS grid ref SK7929. Parish map (Leicestershire)
en suburb in south-west city/Norwich co/Norfolk cc/England OS grid ref TG2006.
en village/and/cpar (served by Gamston with West Drayton and Eaton Parish Council) in dist/Bassetlaw co/Nottinghamshire OS grid ref SK7178. Parish map (Nottinghamshire)
en hamlet par/Appleton-with-Eaton dist/Vale of White Horse co/Oxfordshire OS grid ref SP4403.
en small village par/Eaton-under-Heywood co/Shropshire OS grid ref SO4990. OS: Shropshire
en place c/Australia:
en suburb of city/Darwin terr/Northern Territory ; named for Charles Eaton (RAAF officer) Charles Eaton, a RAAF officer.
en rural locality r:Suf/Cassowary Coast s/Queensland.
en suburb of city/Bunbury in the shire:Pref/Dardanup s/Western Australia.
en locality c/Canada:
en @former name of:Eatonia town municipality/Chesterfield p/Saskatchewan; named in honour of en Timothy Eaton, founder of the Eaton's department store chain and mail-order catalogue service.
en locality c/USA:
en town co/Weld County s/Colorado.
en town twp:Suf/Union co/Delaware County s/Indiana.
en twp co/Eaton County s/Michigan.
en twp co/Kearney County s/Nebraska.
en town co/Carroll County s/New Hampshire ; named for Theophilus Eaton, the first governor of New Haven Colony.
en town/and/hamlet therein, in co/Madison County s/New York ; named for William Eaton. TopoZone: Eaton, New York
en city/county seat co/Preble County s/Ohio ; named for William Eaton (soldier) William Eaton, a commander in the First Barbary War.
en twp co/Wyoming County s/Pennsylvania.
en ghost town co/Wood County s/West Virginia.
en town co/Brown County s/Wisconsin.
en town co/Manitowoc County s/Wisconsin.
en town co/Clark County s/Wisconsin.
en countable en English habitational Old English.
Derived terms
en Church Eaton Eaton and Eccleston Eaton Center Eaton Constantine Eaton County Eaton Ford Eatonia Eaton Socon Eatonton Eatontown Eaton-under-Heywood Eatonville Little Eaton Long Eaton Water Eaton
References
Anagrams
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