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Fenton

  • /ˈfɛn.tən/

Rhymes with -ɛntən

Where it comes from

From Middle English Fenton, from Old English fenn (“fen, marsh”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

proper noun Fentons · Finton

  1. countable, uncountable A hamlet in Pidley cum Fenton parish, Huntingdonshire district, Cambridgeshire (OS grid ref TL3279).
  2. countable, uncountable A village in Hayton parish, Cumberland district, Cumbria (OS grid ref NY501560).
  3. countable, uncountable A village and civil parish (without a council) in South Kesteven district, Lincolnshire (OS grid ref SK880509).
  4. countable, uncountable A village and civil parish in West Lindsey district, Lincolnshire (OS grid ref SK844767).
  5. countable, uncountable A hamlet in Doddington parish, Northumberland, divided into East and West Fenton (OS grid ref NT9733).
  6. countable, uncountable A hamlet in Sturton le Steeple parish, Bassetlaw district, Nottinghamshire (OS grid ref SK792248).
  7. countable, uncountable A town in Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, one of the Potteries (OS grid ref SJ897446).
  8. countable, uncountable A township in Whiteside County, Illinois.
  9. countable, uncountable A city in Kossuth County, Iowa.
  10. countable, uncountable An unincorporated community in Trigg County, Kentucky.
  11. countable, uncountable A village in Jefferson Davis Parish, Louisiana.
  12. countable, uncountable A city and township in Genesee County, Michigan.
  13. countable, uncountable A township in Murray County, Minnesota.
  14. countable, uncountable A small city in St. Louis County, Missouri.
  15. countable, uncountable A town in Broome County, New York.
  16. countable, uncountable A community south-east of Prince Albert, Saskatchewan, Canada.
  17. countable, uncountable A habitational surname from Old English.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: quebec, flint, fountain, ferguson, fortescue, freeman, fentress, ford, foster, fremont, fallon, dutton, moulton, falkenstein, lawton, sifton

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"Fenton." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/fenton. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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Chicago

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

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@misc{fenton_2026,
  title = {Fenton},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/fenton},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}