English Explanatory Dictionary

Crichton

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A placename:
  2. A village and civil parish in Midlothian council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NT384619).
  3. A ghost town in the Rural Municipality of Wise Creek, No. 77, Saskatchewan, Canada, named after James Crichton.
  4. A neighbourhood of Mobile, Alabama, United States.
  5. An unincorporated community in Red River Parish, Louisiana, United States.
  6. An unincorporated community in Greenbrier County, West Virginia, United States.
  7. A habitational surname from places.

Pronunciation

/ˈkɹaɪ̯.tən/

Word forms

Crichton Crichtons Creighton Crighton

Etymology

From Welsh carreg (“rock”) + Old English tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”), analysable as the modern -ton.

Related words

Crich

Derived words

crichtonite
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