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Ayton

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Ayton

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Probably from Old English ēa (“river”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

proper noun Aytons

  1. countable, uncountable A village in the Scottish Borders council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NT9261).
  2. countable, uncountable A suburb in south-west Washington, Metropolitan Borough of Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, England (OS grid ref NZ2855).
  3. countable, uncountable A community in the municipality of West Grey, Grey County, Ontario, Canada.
  4. countable A habitational surname from Old English.

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"Ayton." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/ayton. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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

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

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@misc{ayton_2026,
  title = {Ayton},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/ayton},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}