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Eaton

  • /ˈiːtən/

Sounds like eaten, Eton

Where it comes from

From Old English ea (“river”) + tun (“homestead”). As a surname, it is given to someone living near a river or on an island, or any of the various places in England called "Eaton". See also Eton, which is a doublet.

proper noun Eatons · Aton

  1. countable, uncountable A village and civil parish north of Congleton, Cheshire East district, Cheshire (OS grid ref SJ8765).
  2. countable, uncountable A former civil parish containing Eaton Hall in Cheshire West and Chester borough, Cheshire, now part of Eaton and Eccleston civil parish (OS grid ref SJ4160).
  3. countable, uncountable A village in Rushton parish, Cheshire West and Chester district, Cheshire (OS grid ref SJ5763).
  4. countable, uncountable A village and civil parish in Melton borough, Leicestershire (OS grid ref SK7929).
  5. countable, uncountable A suburb in south-west Norwich, Norfolk, England (OS grid ref TG2006).
  6. countable, uncountable A village and civil parish (served by Gamston with West Drayton and Eaton Parish Council) in Bassetlaw district, Nottinghamshire (OS grid ref SK7178).
  7. countable, uncountable A hamlet in Appleton-with-Eaton parish, Vale of White Horse district, Oxfordshire (OS grid ref SP4403).
  8. countable, uncountable A small village in Eaton-under-Heywood parish, Shropshire (OS grid ref SO4990).
  9. countable, uncountable A suburb of Darwin, Northern Territory; named for Charles Eaton, a RAAF officer.
  10. countable, uncountable A rural locality in the Cassowary Coast Region, Queensland.
  11. countable, uncountable A suburb of Bunbury in the Shire of Dardanup, Western Australia.
  12. countable, uncountable A locality in Canada
  13. countable, uncountable Former name of Eatonia: a town in Chesterfield, Saskatchewan; named in honour of Timothy Eaton, founder of the Eaton's department store chain and mail-order catalogue service.
  14. countable, uncountable A town in Weld County, Colorado.
  15. countable, uncountable A town in Union Township, Delaware County, Indiana.
  16. countable, uncountable A township in Eaton County, Michigan.
  17. countable, uncountable A township in Kearney County, Nebraska.
  18. countable, uncountable A town in Carroll County, New Hampshire; named for Theophilus Eaton, the first governor of New Haven Colony.
  19. countable, uncountable A town in Madison County, New York; named for William Eaton.
  20. countable, uncountable A city, the county seat of Preble County, Ohio; named for William Eaton, a commander in the First Barbary War.
  21. countable, uncountable A township in Wyoming County, Pennsylvania.
  22. countable, uncountable A ghost town in Wood County, West Virginia.
  23. countable, uncountable A town in Brown County, Wisconsin.
  24. countable, uncountable A town in Manitowoc County, Wisconsin.
  25. countable, uncountable A town in Clark County, Wisconsin.
  26. countable An English habitational surname from Old English.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: norwich, whaley, store, lambert, parade, float, doll, claus, hockenberry, ingested, devoured, consumed, chowed, gobbled, swallowed, chewed

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"Eaton." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/eaton. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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

Chicago

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

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@misc{eaton_2026,
  title = {Eaton},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/eaton},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}