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Alton

  • /ˈɔːltən/
  • /ˈɒltən/

Rhymes with -ɔːltən, -ɒltən

Where it comes from

From Old English ǣwell (“river source”) + tūn (“settlement, town”).

proper noun

  1. An undefined locality in Idridgehay and Alton parish, Amber Valley district, Derbyshire, around Alton Hall and Alton Manor.
  2. A town and civil parish with a town council in East Hampshire district, Hampshire (OS grid ref SU7139).
  3. A village and civil parish in Staffordshire Moorlands district, Staffordshire; Alton Towers is to the north (OS grid ref SK0742).
  4. A civil parish west of Pewsey, Wiltshire, which includes the villages of Alton Barnes and Alton Priors.
  5. A hamlet in Figheldean parish, Wiltshire (OS grid ref SU1546).
  6. An unincorporated community in Jefferson County, Alabama.
  7. An unincorporated community in Humboldt County, California.
  8. An unincorporated community in Lafayette County, Florida.
  9. A city on the Mississippi in Madison County, Illinois.
  10. A small town in Boone Township, Crawford County, Indiana.
  11. A city in Sioux County, Iowa.
  12. A minor city in Osborne County, Kansas.
  13. An unincorporated community in Anderson County, Kentucky.
  14. A town in Penobscot County, Maine.
  15. A township in Waseca County, Minnesota.
  16. A minor city, the county seat of Oregon County, Missouri.
  17. A town and census-designated place therein, in Belknap County, New Hampshire.
  18. A hamlet in the town of Sodus, Wayne County, New York.
  19. A village in the town of Richmond, Washington County, Rhode Island.
  20. A city in Hidalgo County, Texas.
  21. A town in Kane County, Utah.
  22. An unincorporated community in Halifax County, Virginia.
  23. An unincorporated community in Upshur County, West Virginia.
  24. A rural community of Colchester County, Nova Scotia, Canada.
  25. A community in the town of Caledon, Regional Municipality of Peel, Ontario, Canada.
  26. A town in the Shire of Balonne, southern Queensland, Australia.
  27. A rural community in Taranaki, New Zealand.
  28. An English habitational surname from Old English.
  29. A male given name transferred from the surname. ...because I have learned something about cartoons from Alton Packard. There are two things about Mr Packard that I keep turning over in my mind. One is that his name sounds like Alton Parker, onetime presidential candidate, and the other is that, to me at least, he looks a little bit like Woodrow W

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: lee, lady, tuna, elton, walton, shee, alderton, allington, colton, stainton, hinton, holwell, townsend, willington, haughton, bagley

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name town in Hampshire

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"Alton." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/alton. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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Alton. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/alton

Chicago

"Alton." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/alton.

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@misc{alton_2026,
  title = {Alton},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/alton},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}