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Appleton
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English
Etymology
From en ang æppel + ang -tun, equivalent to en apple -ton.
The town in Newfoundland is named for sawmill owner Appleton Cleaves.
Pronunciation
en /ˈæp.əl.tən/
en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-Appleton.wav US
en Ap ple ton
en æpəltən 3
Proper noun
Place names in England, named for an apple enclosure.
en northern suburb town/Widnes bor/Halton co/Cheshire OS grid ref SJ5186.
en southern suburb/and/cpar in bor/Warrington co/Cheshire OS grid ref SJ6284. Parish map (Warrington)
en village par/Appleton-with-Eaton dist/Vale of White Horse co/Oxfordshire; originally in Berkshire OS grid ref SP4401.
en town region/Newfoundland p/Newfoundland and Labrador c/Canada.
en community town/Mississippi Mills co/Lanark County p/Ontario c/Canada.
en number of places c/USA:
en unincorporated community/and/CDP co/Pope County s/Arkansas.
en ghost town co/Knox County s/Illinois.
en twp co/Clark County s/Kansas.
en town co/Knox County s/Maine.
en unicorporated community co/Cecil County s/Maryland.
en city/and/twp co/Swift County s/Minnesota.
en inactive township co/St. Clair County s/Missouri.
en hamlet town/Newfane co/Niagara County s/New York.
en unincorporated community co/Licking County s/Ohio.
en unincorporated community co/Allendale County s/South Carolina.
en unincorporated community co/Lawrence County s/Tennessee.
en unincorporated community co/Klickitat County s/Washington.
en city/county seat co/Outagamie County s/Wisconsin.
en Scott Hurley Appleton mayor says city will stop using Flock cameras w:WLUK-TV https://fox11online.com/news/local/appleton-flock-cameras-police-department-license-plate-tracking-mayor-jake-woodford-common-council 2026-05-06 Appleton will stop using Flock license plate recognition cameras. https://web.archive.org/web/20260531200729/https://fox11online.com/news/local/appleton-flock-cameras-police-department-license-plate-tracking-mayor-jake-woodford-common-council
en English habitational Old English from either of the places.
References
en eponyms