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Compton

  • /ˈkɒmp.tən/
  • /ˈkɑmp.tən/ cot caught merger

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From Old English Cumbtūn. Equivalent to combe (“valley”) + -ton (“town”).

proper noun Cumpton

  1. A village and civil parish in West Berkshire district, Berkshire (OS grid ref SU5279).
  2. A suburban area in Ashbourne parish, Derbyshire Dales district, Derbyshire (OS grid ref SK1846).
  3. A hamlet in Marldon parish, South Hams district, Devon, the location of Compton Castle (OS grid ref SX8664).
  4. A village in Compton and Shawford parish, Winchester district, Hampshire (OS grid ref SU4625).
  5. A village and civil parish in Guildford borough, Surrey (OS grid ref SU9547).
  6. A suburban area in Farnham parish, Waverley borough, Surrey (OS grid ref SU8546).
  7. A suburb of Wolverhampton, West Midlands (OS grid ref SO8898).
  8. An unincorporated community in Newton County, Arkansas.
  9. A city in Los Angeles County, California.
  10. A village in Brooklyn Township, Lee County, Illinois.
  11. An unincorporated community in St. Mary's County, Maryland.
  12. A township in Otter Tail County, Minnesota.
  13. An unincorporated community in Page County, Virginia.
  14. A municipality in Coaticook Regional County Municipality, Estrie, Quebec, Canada.
  15. An English habitational surname from Old English from the placenames.
  16. countable A male given name transferred from the surname.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: bill, burnett, rickett, incoherent scattering, compton effect, compton scattering, inelastic scattering, x-ray scattering, compton shift, carlton, colton, easton, acton, winthrop, upton, compton pauncefoot

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@misc{compton_2026,
  title = {Compton},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/compton},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}