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Alton
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alton
English
Etymology
From en ang ǣwell river source + ang tūn settlement, town.
Pronunciation
en /ˈɔːltən/ /ˈɒltən/
en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Alton.wav Southern England /ˈɒltən/
en ɔːltən ɒltən 2
Proper noun
en number of places cc/England:
en undefined locality par/Idridgehay and Alton dist/Amber Valley co/Derbyshire, around Alton Hall and Alton Manor. Listed buildings in Idridgehay and Alton
en town/and/cpar with a town council in dist/East Hampshire co/Hampshire OS grid ref SU7139. Parish map (Hampshire)
en village/and/cpar in dist/Staffordshire Moorlands co/Staffordshire; Alton Towers is to the north OS grid ref SK0742. Parish map (Staffordshire)
en cpar west of vill/Pewsey co/Wiltshire which includes the villages of vill/Alton Barnes and en Alton Priors. Parish map (Wiltshire)
en hamlet par/Figheldean co/Wiltshire OS grid ref SU1546.
en number of places c/USA:
en unincorporated community co/Jefferson County s/Alabama.
en unincorporated community co/Humboldt County s/California.
en unincorporated community co/Lafayette County s/Florida.
en city on the river/Mississippi in co/Madison County s/Illinois.
en small town twp:Suf/Boone co/Crawford County s/Indiana.
en city co/Sioux County s/Iowa.
en minor city co/Osborne County s/Kansas.
en unincorporated community co/Anderson County s/Kentucky.
en town co/Penobscot County s/Maine.
en twp co/Waseca County s/Minnesota.
en minor city/county seat co/Oregon County s/Missouri.
en town/and/CDP therein, in co/Belknap County s/New Hampshire. TopoZone: Alton, New Hampshire
en hamlet town:pref/Sodus co/Wayne County s/New York.
en village town:pref/Richmond co/Washington County s/Rhode Island.
en city co/Hidalgo County s/Texas.
en town co/Kane County s/Utah.
en unincorporated community co/Halifax County s/Virginia.
en unincorporated community co/Upshur County s/West Virginia.
en rural community co/Colchester County p/Nova Scotia c/Canada.
en community town:pref/Caledon regional municipality:Pref/Peel p/Ontario c/Canada.
en town shire:Pref/Balonne southern s/Queensland c/Australia.
en rural community in r/Taranaki c/New Zealand. NZ Topo Map
en English habitational Old English.
en male surnames.
1920 The Lyceum Magazine, editor Ralph Albert Parlette, Volume 30, page 15:
...because I have learned something about cartoons from Alton Packard. There are two things about Mr Packard that I keep turning over in my mind. One is that his name sounds like Alton Parker, onetime presidential candidate, and the other is that, to me at least, he looks a little bit like Woodrow Wilson.
Derived terms
en Alton Bay
Translations
town in Hampshire
Bulgarian: bg Олтън
Chinese:
Mandarin: cmn 奧爾顿 Ào'ěrdùn
Marathi: mr ऑल्टन n
Statistics
According to the 2010 United States Census, Alton is the 7,305th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 4,565 individuals. Alton is most common among White (84.42%) individuals.
References
Anagrams
en alnot Laton Talon Tolan Tolna laton notal talon tonal