Milton

English

Etymology

The English place names are from Old English mylen (“mill”) or middel (“middle”) + tun (“settlement”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɪltən/

• Audio (Southern England)

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• Rhymes: -ɪltən

Proper noun

Milton

1. A place in England:
   1. A village and civil parish in South Cambridgeshire district, Cambridgeshire (OS grid ref TL4762).
   2. A hamlet in Brampton parish, Carlisle district, Cumbria (OS grid ref NY5560).
   3. A hamlet in Preston Richard parish, South Lakeland district, Cumbria (OS grid ref SD5383).
   4. A hamlet in Repton parish, South Derbyshire district, Derbyshire (OS grid ref SK3226).
   5. An area of Portsmouth, Hampshire.
   6. An eastern suburb of Gravesend, Gravesham borough, Kent (OS grid ref TQ6574).
   7. A village in West Markham parish, Bassetlaw district, Nottinghamshire (OS grid ref SK7173).
   8. A small village and civil parish (without a council) in Cherwell district, Oxfordshire (OS grid ref SP4535).
   9. A village and civil parish in Vale of White Horse district, Oxfordshire (OS grid ref SU4892).
   10. A hamlet in Ash parish, Somerset, previously in South Somerset district (OS grid ref ST4621).
   11. A suburb of Weston-super-Mare, North Somerset, Somerset (OS grid ref ST3462).
   12. An eastern suburb of Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire (OS grid ref SJ9050).
   13. A hamlet in East Knoyle parish, Wiltshire (OS grid ref ST8731).
2. A place in Scotland:
   1. A village in Easter Ross, Highland council area (OS grid ref NH7674).
   2. A small village in Glen Urquhart, Highland council area, historically in Inverness-shire (OS grid ref NH4930).
   3. A suburban area of Glasgow, Glasgow council area (OS grid ref NS5969).
   4. A hamlet west of Aberfoyle, Stirling council area (OS grid ref NN5001).
   5. A village in West Dunbartonshire council area (OS grid ref NS4274).
   6. A settlement in the Outer Hebrides.
3. A habitational surname from Old English, from the multiple places in Britain named "Milton".
4. A male given name transferred from the surname.
   • 1989, David Leavitt, Equal Affections, →ISBN, page 215:

     Herbert, Sydney, Milton, Seymour. You know, all the time I was growing up I thought those were the most ordinary Jewish first names, until someone pointed out that they were British last names. I guess to my great-grandparents those names must have sounded so modern, so sophisticated, so - non-Eastern European. And now they're just Uncle Miltie, Uncle Sy, Uncle Herb. Do other people have Uncle Donne and Uncle Wordsworth?

5. John Milton, an English author and poet of the seventeenth century.
   • 1807, [Germaine] de Staël Holstein, translated by D[ennis] Lawler, “[Book X. Holy week.] Chap[ter] V.”, in Corinna; or, Italy. […], volume III, London: […] Corri, […]; and sold by Colburn, […], and Mackenzie, […], →OCLC, pages 59–60:

     The most vulgar man, when he prays, when he suffers, and places hope in heaven, has, at that moment, something in him, which he would express, like Milton, Homer, or Tasso, if education had taught him to clothe his thoughts with words.

6. John Milton's works or media adaptations of his works.
7. A place in Australia:
   1. A suburb of Brisbane, Queensland; named for nearby Milton Farm, itself for poet John Milton.
   2. A village in the City of Shoalhaven, New South Wales.
8. A town in Otago, New Zealand.
9. A place in Canada:
   1. A town in the Regional Municipality of Halton, Ontario; named for poet John Milton.
   2. A village in Queens County, Nova Scotia.
   3. A former logging village in Newfoundland and Labrador; named for poet John Milton.
   4. The Rural Municipality of Milton No. 292, a rural municipality in west-central Saskatchewan.
10. A place in the United States:
    1. An unincorporated community in Calaveras County, California; named for railroad engineer Milton Latham.
    2. A town in Sussex County, Delaware; named for poet John Milton.
    3. A city, the county seat of Santa Rosa County, Florida; perhaps named for poet John Milton, or for the local lumber mill industry.
    4. A city in Fulton County, Georgia, a suburb of Atlanta; named for Revolutionary War officer John Milton.
    5. A village in Pike County, Illinois.
    6. An unincorporated community in Union Township, Ohio County, Indiana; named for the gristmill and sawmill in the area.
    7. A town in Washington Township, Wayne County, Indiana; named for the watermills in the area.
    8. A minor city in Van Buren County, Iowa; named for the town in Delaware.
    9. An unincorporated community in Sumner County, Kansas.
    10. A minor city in Trimble County, Kentucky.
    11. A census-designated place in Lafayette Parish, Louisiana; named for early resident Dr. Milton R. Cushman and his son, Milton S. Cushman.
    12. An unorganized territory in Oxford County, Maine.
    13. A town in Norfolk County, Massachusetts; named for Milton Abbey in Dorset, England.
    14. An unincorporated community in Atchison County, Missouri.
    15. A neighborhood of Kansas City, Missouri; named for the landowning Milton family.
    16. An unincorporated community in Randolph County, Missouri; named for the town in North Carolina.
    17. A town and census-designated place therein, in Strafford County, New Hampshire; named for either a mill in the area or for the Viscount Milton.
    18. A town and census-designated place therein, in Saratoga County, New York; named for either poet John Milton or a mill in the area.
    19. A hamlet and census-designated place in the town of Marlborough, Ulster County, New York; named for poet John Milton.
    20. A town in Caswell County, North Carolina; named for a mill in the area.
    21. A minor city in Cavalier County, North Dakota.
    22. A borough in Northumberland County, Pennsylvania.
    23. An unincorporated community in Rutherford County, Tennessee.
    24. An unincorporated community in Lamar County, Texas.
    25. A town and census-designated place therein, in Chittenden County, Vermont, a suburb of Burlington; named for British statesman William Fitzwilliam, Viscount Milton.
    26. A city in King County and Pierce County, Washington.
    27. A town in Cabell County, West Virginia; named for landowner Milton Reece.
    28. A town in Buffalo County, Wisconsin.
    29. A town and city therein, in Rock County, Wisconsin; named for poet John Milton.
    30. A number of townships in the United States, listed under Milton Township.

Derived terms

• Milton Abbot
• Miltonian
• Milton Keynes
• Milton of Campsie
• Milton-under-Wychwood
• Miltonvale
• New Milton

Translations

town in Canada

• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 米爾頓／米尔顿 (mai⁵ ji⁵ deon⁶)

  Mandarin: 米爾頓／米尔顿 (zh) (Mǐ'ěrdùn)

• French: Milton (fr)

Anagrams

• Tilmon, Tomlin

Spanish

Etymology

From English Milton.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmilton/ [ˈmil̪.t̪õn]
• Rhymes: -ilton
• Syllabification: Mil‧ton

Proper noun

Milton m

1. a male given name

Swedish

Etymology

From the English Milton.

Proper noun

Milton c (genitive Miltons)

1. a male given name