English Explanatory Dictionary

Norton

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. Any of many placenames from words meaning north and enclosure.
  2. A number of places in England and Wales:
  3. A suburb of Runcorn, Halton borough, Cheshire (OS grid ref SJ5582).
  4. A hamlet in Hartland parish, Torridge district, Devon (OS grid ref SS2625).
  5. A hamlet in Dartmouth parish, South Hams district, Devon (OS grid ref SX8551).
  6. A suburban area in Stockton-on-Tees borough, County Durham (OS grid ref NZ4422).
  7. A hamlet in South Heighton parish, Lewes district, East Sussex (OS grid ref TQ4701).
  8. A village and civil parish in Tewkesbury district, Gloucestershire (OS grid ref SO8524).
  9. A suburban village in north-east Letchworth Garden City, North Hertfordshire district, Hertfordshire (OS grid ref TL2334).
  10. A settlement in Freshwater parish, Isle of Wight (OS grid ref SZ3489).
  11. A village and civil parish in West Northamptonshire, Northamptonshire, previously in Daventry district (OS grid ref SP6063).
  12. A village in Norton, Cuckney, Holbeck and Welbeck parish, Bassetlaw district, Nottinghamshire, previously in Norton and Cuckney parish (OS grid ref SK5772).
noun
  1. A motorcycle from the Norton Motorcycle Company, a British manufacturer.
  2. A book, especially an anthology, from the publisher Norton, especially if used as a textbook.

Pronunciation

/ˈnɔɹtən/ [ˈnɔɹɾn̩] [ˈnɔɹʔn̩] /ˈnɔːtən/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Norton.wav

Word forms

Norton Nortons

Etymology

From Old English norþ (“north”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”). The parish in New Brunswick is named after Norton, Massachusetts.

Synonyms

Norton-on-Tees

Derived words

Burnham Norton Chipping Norton Cold Norton East Norton Greens Norton Hook Norton Kings Norton King's Norton Lower Norton Mayer-Norton theorem Midsomer Norton Norton and Cuckney Norton and Lenchwick Norton Bridge Norton Canes Norton Conyers Norton County Norton, Cuckney, Holbeck and Welbeck Norton Fitzwarren Norton Hawkfield Norton in Hales Norton-juxta-Kempsey Norton Malreward Norton-on-Derwent Norton-on-Tees Norton's dome Norton Shores Norton Sound Norton St Philip Nortonville
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