English Explanatory Dictionary

Hamilton

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A Scottish surname from Old English.
  2. A male given name transferred from the surname.
  3. A Scottish dukedom.
  4. A town in South Lanarkshire council area, Scotland; named for the Clan Hamilton (OS grid ref NS7255).
  5. Places in Australia:
  6. A suburb of Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia; named for Edward Terrick Hamilton, leader of the Australian Agricultural Company.
  7. A suburb of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia; named for two distinct Hamilton families, both early settlers.
  8. A township in South Australia.
  9. A town in Tasmania, Australia; named for early settler William Henry Hamilton.
  10. A town in Victoria, Australia.
  11. Places in Bermuda:
  12. The capital city of Bermuda; named for Henry Hamilton.
noun
  1. A United States ten-dollar bill.
noun
  1. Alternative letter-case form of Hamilton (slang: a United States ten-dollar bill).

Pronunciation

/ˈhæmɪltən/ En-ca-Hamilton.opus

Word forms

Hamilton Hamiltons

Etymology

From Old English *Hameldūne, from hamel (“blunt, flat-topped”) + dūne (“hill”). The Scottish surname is from the place in Leicestershire. The dollar-bill sense is from the portrait of Alexander Hamilton featured on it.

Synonyms

Alexander Hamilton Alex Hamilton

Related words

dead president Washington Lincoln Jackson Benjamin Franklin

Derived words

Hamilton Branch Hamilton City Hamilton County Hamilton East Hamiltonian Hamilton Inlet Hamilton-Jacobi-Bellman equation Hamilton-Jacobi equation Hamilton North Hamiltonsbawn Hamilton South Hamilton Valley South Hamilton

Translations

Chinese Cantonese: 咸美頓 Chinese Mandarin: 哈密爾頓 /哈密尔顿 Esperanto: Hamiltono German: Hamilton Japanese: ハミルトン Korean: 해밀턴 Lithuanian: Hamiltonas Marathi: हॅमिलटन Russian: Га́мильтон Russian: Ха́мильтон Russian: Хэ́милтон Vietnamese: Ha-min-tơn Montana Salish: čɫc̓lc̓lé
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