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Bolton

  • /bɒltən/ UK

Where it comes from

From Middle English Bodeltone (in the Domesday Book) etc., ultimately from Old English bolt, bold, botl, etc. (“home, hall, manor”) + -tun (“-ton: enclosure, town”).

proper noun Boulton

  1. A town and metropolitan borough of Greater Manchester, England. But Bolton deserve real credit, seeking to take advantage of their jitters at every opportunity in typically determined fashion.
  2. A village and civil parish in Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, England, previously in Eden district (OS grid ref NY6323).
  3. A small village in Fangfoss parish, East Riding of Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE7752).
  4. A small village in Hedgeley parish, Northumberland, England (OS grid ref NU1013).
  5. A northern suburb of Bradford, West Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE1635).
  6. A small village south of Haddington, East Lothian council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NT5070).
  7. A town in Tolland County, Connecticut.
  8. A neighbourhood of Atlanta, Georgia.
  9. An unincorporated community in Stephenson County, Illinois.
  10. An unincorporated community in Montgomery County, Kansas.
  11. A town in Worcester County, Massachusetts.
  12. An unincorporated community in Maple Ridge Township, Alpena County, Michigan.
  13. A town in Hinds County, Mississippi.
  14. An unincorporated community in Harrison County, Missouri.
  15. A town in Warren County, New York.
  16. A town in Columbus County, North Carolina.
  17. A census-designated place in Lexington Township, Stark County, Ohio.
  18. A town and census-designated place therein, in Chittenden County, Vermont.
  19. A large community in the town of Caledon, Regional Municipality of Peel, Ontario, Canada.
  20. A locality in the Rural City of Swan Hill, Victoria, Australia.
  21. A habitational surname from Old English. This was not the first disagreement between the ultra-hawkish Bolton and the occasionally more intervention-skeptic Trump.

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Closest in meaning: monaco, moors, reseller, chuck, burton, broadbent, boulton, bolten, kenora, district, city, settlement, municipality, borough, town, conurbation

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"Bolton." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/bolton. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

APA

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

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

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@misc{bolton_2026,
  title = {Bolton},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/bolton},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}