English Explanatory Dictionary

Picton

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A placename:
  2. A hamlet and civil parish (without a council) in North Yorkshire, England, previously in Hambleton district (OS grid ref NZ4107).
  3. A hamlet and former civil parish in Mickle Trafford and District parish, Cheshire West and Chester district, Cheshire, England (OS grid ref SJ4371).
  4. A former ward in Liverpool, Merseyside, Lancashire, England, abolished in 2023.
  5. A small town in Wollondilly Shire, New South Wales, Australia, named after Thomas Picton.
  6. A suburb of the City of Bunbury, Western Australia.
  7. A town and ferry port in Marlborough, South Island, New Zealand.
  8. An unincorporated community in Prince Edward County, Ontario, Canada.
  9. A habitational surname from Old English.

Word forms

Picton Pictons

Etymology

From either the Old English personal name *Pīca or pīc (“point, peak, pinnacle”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

Derived words

Picton Castle Picton herring Picton River
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