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Denton

  • /ˈdɛn.tən/
  • /ˈdɪn.tən/ pin pen merger
  • [ˈdɪnʔn̩] pin pen merger

Where it comes from

From Old English denu (“valley, den”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

proper noun Dentons

  1. countable, uncountable A hamlet in Denton and Caldecote parish, Huntingdonshire district, Cambridgeshire (OS grid ref TL1587).
  2. countable, uncountable A village and civil parish in Darlington borough, County Durham (OS grid ref NZ2118).
  3. countable, uncountable A village in Newhaven parish, Lewes district, East Sussex (OS grid ref TQ4502).
  4. countable, uncountable A town in the Metropolitan Borough of Tameside, Greater Manchester (OS grid ref SJ9295).
  5. countable, uncountable A village in Denton with Wootton parish, Dover district, Kent (OS grid ref TR2147).
  6. countable, uncountable A village and civil parish in South Kesteven district, Lincolnshire (OS grid ref SK8632).
  7. countable, uncountable A village and civil parish in South Norfolk district, Norfolk (OS grid ref TM2788).
  8. countable, uncountable A village and civil parish in West Northamptonshire district, Northamptonshire (OS grid ref SP8357).
  9. countable, uncountable A hamlet and civil parish in Harrogate district, North Yorkshire (OS grid ref SE1448).
  10. countable, uncountable A hamlet in Cuddesdon and Denton parish, South Oxfordshire district, Oxfordshire (OS grid ref SP5902).
  11. countable, uncountable A city in Jeff Davis County, Georgia.
  12. countable, uncountable A city in Doniphan County, Kansas.
  13. countable, uncountable An unincorporated community in Carter County, Kentucky.
  14. countable, uncountable A town, the county seat of Caroline County, Maryland.
  15. countable, uncountable An unincorporated community in Johnson County, Missouri.
  16. countable, uncountable An unincorporated community in Pemiscot County, Missouri.
  17. countable, uncountable A town in Fergus County, Montana.
  18. countable, uncountable A village in Lancaster County, Nebraska.
  19. countable, uncountable A town in Davidson County, North Carolina.
  20. countable, uncountable A city, the county seat of Denton County, Texas.
  21. countable, uncountable A habitational surname from Old English.
  22. countable, uncountable A male given name transferred from the place name.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: mendoza, hinton, townsend, kenton, morton, haughton, doddington, donnington, townhead, netherton, caldecote, whaddon, alderton, willington, stretton, bentley

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MLA

"Denton." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/denton. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

APA

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

Chicago

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

BibTeX
@misc{denton_2026,
  title = {Denton},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/denton},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}