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Milton
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English
Etymology
The English place names are from en ang mylen mill or ang middel middle + ang tun settlement.
Pronunciation
en /ˈmɪltən/
en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Milton.wav Southern England
en ɪltən 2
en Mil ton
Proper noun
- s
A number of places in the United Kingdom:
en place cc/England:
en village/and/cpar in dist/South Cambridgeshire co/Cambridgeshire OS grid ref TL4762. Parish map (Cambridgeshire)
en hamlet par/Brampton dist/Carlisle county/Cumbria OS grid ref NY5560.
en hamlet par/Preston Richard dist/South Lakeland county/Cumbria OS grid ref SD5383.
en hamlet par/Repton dist/South Derbyshire co/Derbyshire OS grid ref SK3226.
en area of city/Portsmouth co/Hampshire.
en Old Milton, Hampshire, renamed on maps by 1970.
en eastern suburb town/Gravesend bor/Gravesham co/Kent OS grid ref TQ6574. OS: Kent
en village par/West Markham dist/Bassetlaw co/Nottinghamshire OS grid ref SK7173.
en small village/and/cpar (without a council) in dist/Cherwell co/Oxfordshire OS grid ref SP4535. Parish map (Cherwell, Oxon)
en village/and/cpar in dist/Vale of White Horse co/Oxfordshire OS grid ref SU4892. Parish map (Vale of White Horse, Oxon)
en hamlet par/Ash co/Somerset previously in dist/South Somerset OS grid ref ST4621.
en suburb town/Weston-super-Mare uauth/North Somerset co/Somerset OS grid ref ST3462. OS: Weston-super-Mare
en eastern suburb city/Stoke-on-Trent co/Staffordshire OS grid ref SJ9050.
en hamlet par/East Knoyle co/Wiltshire OS grid ref ST8731.
en place cc/Scotland:
en village x/Easter Ross carea/Highland OS grid ref NH7674.
en small village in Glen Urquhart, carea/Highland historically in co/Inverness-shire OS grid ref NH4930.
en suburban area of city/Glasgow carea/Glasgow OS grid ref NS5969.
en hamlet west of x/Aberfoyle carea/Stirling OS grid ref NN5001.
en village carea/West Dunbartonshire OS grid ref NS4274.
en settlement on x/South Uist in the islands/Outer Hebrides carea/Western Isles OS grid ref NF7326.
en settlement wcomm/Carew co/Pembrokeshire cc/Wales OS grid ref SN0303 List of United Kingdom locations: Miln-Mix#Miln-Milz
en habitational Old English, from the multiple places in Britain named "Milton".
en male surnames.
en 1989 David Leavitt Equal Affections 0-670-821977 215 Herbert, Sydney, Milton, Seymour. You know, all the time I was growing up I thought those were the most ordinary Jewish first names, until someone pointed out that they were British last names. I guess to my great-grandparents those names must have sounded so modern, so sophisticated, so - non-Eastern European. And now they're just Uncle Miltie, Uncle Sy, Uncle Herb. Do other people have Uncle Donne and Uncle Wordsworth?
John Milton, an English author and poet of the seventeenth century.
III 59–60 60 The most vulgar man, when he prays, when he suffers, and places hope in heaven, has, at that moment, something in him, which he would express, like Milton, Homer, or Tasso, if education had taught him to clothe his thoughts with words.
John Milton's works or media adaptations of his works.
en place c/Australia:
en suburb of city/Brisbane s/Queensland ; named for nearby Milton Farm, itself for poet John Milton.en eponyms
en village city:Pref/Shoalhaven s/New South Wales.
en town r/Otago c/New Zealand. NZ Topo Map
en place c/Canada:
en town rmun/Halton p/Ontario ; named for poet John Milton.
en village co/Queens County p/Nova Scotia.
en former logging village p/Newfoundland and Labrador ; named for poet John Milton.
en rurmun in west-central p/Saskatchewan Rural Municipality of Milton No. 292.
en place c/US:
en ucomm co/Calaveras County s/California ; named for railroad engineer Milton Latham.
en town co/Sussex County s/Delaware ; named for poet John Milton.
en city/county seat co/Santa Rosa County s/Florida ; perhaps named for poet John Milton, or for the local lumber mill industry.
en city co/Fulton County s/Georgia a suburb of city/Atlanta ; named for Revolutionary War officer John Milton (Georgia politician) John Milton.
en village co/Pike County s/Illinois.
en ucomm twp:Suf/Union co/Ohio County s/Indiana ; named for the gristmill and sawmill in the area.
en town twp:Suf/Washington co/Wayne County s/Indiana ; named for the watermills in the area.
en minor city co/Van Buren County s/Iowa ; named for the town in Delaware.
en ucomm co/Sumner County s/Kansas.
en minor city co/Trimble County s/Kentucky.
en CDP co/Lafayette Parish s/Louisiana ; named for early resident Dr. Milton R. Cushman and his son, Milton S. Cushman.
en unorganized territory co/Oxford County s/Maine.
en town co/Norfolk County s/Massachusetts ; named for Milton Abbey in Dorset, England. TopoZone: Milton, Massachusetts
en ucomm co/Atchison County s/Missouri.
en neighborhood of city/Kansas City s/Missouri ; named for the landowning Milton family.
en ucomm co/Randolph County s/Missouri ; named for the town in North Carolina.
en town/and/CDP therein, in co/Strafford County s/New Hampshire ; named for either a mill in the area or for the Viscount Milton.
en town/and/CDP therein, in co/Saratoga County s/New York ; named for either poet John Milton or a mill in the area.
en hamlet/and/CDP town:pref/Marlborough co/Ulster County s/New York ; named for poet John Milton. TopoZone: Milton, Ulster Co., NY
en town co/Caswell County s/North Carolina ; named for a mill in the area.
en minor city co/Cavalier County s/North Dakota.
en borough in co/Northumberland County s/Pennsylvania.
en ucomm co/Rutherford County s/Tennessee.
en ucomm co/Lamar County s/Texas.
en town/and/CDP therein, in co/Chittenden County s/Vermont a suburb of city/Burlington ; named for British statesman William Fitzwilliam, Viscount Milton. TopoZone: Milton, Vermont
en city co/King County and co/Pierce County s/Washington.
en town co/Cabell County s/West Virginia ; named for landowner Milton Reece.
en town co/Buffalo County s/Wisconsin.
en town/and/city therein, in co/Rock County s/Wisconsin ; named for poet John Milton.
en A number of <<townships>> in the <<c/USA>>, listed under Milton Township.
Derived terms
en Chapel Milton Milton Abbas Milton Abbot Milton Keynes Milton Lilbourne Milton mango Milton of Campsie Milton-under-Wychwood Miltonesque Miltonian Miltoniana Miltonic Miltonism Miltonist Miltonize Miltonvale New Milton Old Milton West Milton
Related terms
en Melton Middleton
Translations
town in Canada
Chinese:
Cantonese: yue 米爾頓 mai5 ji5 deon6
Mandarin: cmn 米爾頓 Mǐ'ěrdùn
French: fr Milton
References
Anagrams
en ilmnot Tilmon Tomlin
en British fiction Fiction Individuals
Portuguese
Alternative forms
pt Mílton adapted
Etymology
pt :ubor en:Milton + 1
Pronunciation
Mílton
pt Mil ton
pt iwtõ Brazil iltɔn Portugal 2
Proper noun
m Miltons
pt male English Brazilian Milton
pt https://www.cnnbrasil.com.br/politica/fraudes-no-inss-o-que-se-sabe-sobre-depoimento-de-amiga-de-lulinha-a-pf/ Fraudes no INSS: o que se sabe sobre depoimento de amiga de Lulinha à PF w:CNN Brasil Segundo uma fonte que acompanha o caso, a PF também não questionou Milton sobre quem seria “o filho do rapaz”, que a oposição considera ser Lulinha. According to a source following the case, the Federal Police also did not question Milton about who "the boy's son" was, whom the opposition considers to be Lulinha. 2026-05-21 Rafael Sotero https://web.archive.org/web/20260525181851/https://www.cnnbrasil.com.br/politica/fraudes-no-inss-o-que-se-sabe-sobre-depoimento-de-amiga-de-lulinha-a-pf/ 25 May 2026
pt terms ending in N
Spanish
Etymology
es :der en:Milton + 1
Pronunciation
Proper noun
m
es male
Swedish
Etymology
From the sv en Milton.
Proper noun
c
sv male