English Explanatory Dictionary

Houghton

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A common placename:
  2. A number of places in the United Kingdom:
  3. A village in Houghton and Wyton parish, Cambridgeshire, England (OS grid ref TL281724).
  4. A village in Stanwix Rural parish, Cumbria, England (OS grid ref NY407593).
  5. A hamlet in Sancton parish, East Riding of Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE886392).
  6. A village and civil parish in Test Valley district, Hampshire, England (OS grid ref SU341143).
  7. A village and civil parish in King's Lynn and West Norfolk district, Norfolk, England (OS grid ref TF789288).
  8. A hamlet in Heddon-on-the-Wall parish, southern Northumberland, England (OS grid ref NZ1266).
  9. A village and civil parish in Arun district, West Sussex, England (OS grid ref TQ017411).
  10. A village in Burton community, Pembrokeshire, Wales (OS grid ref SM9807).
  11. Ellipsis of Houghton Estate, Johannesburg, South Africa.
  12. A town near Adelaide, South Australia, Australia.

Pronunciation

/ˈhoʊtən/

Word forms

Houghton Houghtons

Etymology

From Old English hōh (“ridge, spur”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

Derived words

Great Houghton Hanging Houghton Houghton and Wyton Houghton Conquest Houghton County Houghton-le-Spring Houghton Regis Houghton Saint Giles Little Houghton
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