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Picton
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picton
English
Etymology
From either the en ang - personal name ang *Pīca or ang pīc point, peak, pinnacle + ang tūn enclosure; settlement, town.
Proper noun
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en uncountable A placename:
en hamlet/and/cpar (without a council) in co/North Yorkshire cc/England previously in dist/Hambleton OS grid ref NZ4107. Parish map (North Yorkshire)
en hamlet and former civil parish in par/Mickle Trafford and District uauth/Cheshire West and Chester co/Cheshire cc/England OS grid ref SJ4371.
en former ward in city/Liverpool co/Merseyside co/Lancashire cc/England, abolished in 2023.
en small town shire:Suf/Wollondilly s/New South Wales c/Australia, named after Thomas Picton.
en suburb city:Pref/Bunbury s/Western Australia.
en town and ferry port in r/Marlborough isl/South Island c/New Zealand. NZ Topo Map
en unincorporated community co/Prince Edward County p/Ontario c/Canada.
en countable en habitational Old English.
Derived terms
en Picton herring Picton River Picton Castle
Statistics
According to the 2010 United States Census, Picton is the 54296th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 380 individuals. Picton is most common among White (88.95%) individuals.
References
Anagrams
en cinopt Pontic pontic