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Hampton

  • /ˈhæmp.tən/ UK

Rhymes with -æmptən

Where it comes from

Variously from:

* Old English Hāmtūn, from hām and tūn (equivalent to home + town);

* Old English hēantūn, from hēah and tūn (equivalent to high + town).

The town in New Brunswick may have been named after one of several towns in New England. The civil parish is named after the town.

proper noun Hanton

  1. A hamlet in Shute parish, East Devon district, Devon (OS grid ref SY2696).
  2. A suburb in the borough of Richmond upon Thames, Greater London, originally in Middlesex (OS grid ref TQ1369).
  3. A western coastal suburb of Herne Bay, Canterbury district, Kent (OS grid ref TR1568).
  4. A hamlet on the west bank of the Severn in Chelmarsh parish, Shropshire, opposite Hampton Loade (OS grid ref SO7486).
  5. A hamlet in Highworth parish, Swindon borough, Wiltshire (OS grid ref SU1892).
  6. A western suburb of Evesham, Wychavon district, Worcestershire (OS grid ref SP0243).
  7. A small city, the county seat of Calhoun County, Arkansas.
  8. A town in Windham County, Connecticut.
  9. A minor city in Bradford County, Florida.
  10. A city in Henry County, Georgia.
  11. A village in Rock Island County, Illinois.
  12. A city, the county seat of Franklin County, Iowa.
  13. A ghost town in Rush County, Kansas.
  14. An unincorporated community in Livingston County, Kentucky.
  15. A census-designated place in Baltimore County, Maryland.
  16. A township and minor city therein, in Dakota County, Minnesota.
  17. A former hamlet in Platte County, Missouri.
  18. A village in Hamilton County, Nebraska.
  19. A town in Rockingham County, New Hampshire.
  20. A borough in Hunterdon County, New Jersey.
  21. An area of multiple towns on the south fork of Long Island, New York, known as The Hamptons.
  22. A town in Washington County, New York.
  23. A census-designated place in Reading Township, Adams County, Pennsylvania.
  24. A town, the county seat of Hampton County, South Carolina. Named after Wade Hampton III.
  25. A census-designated place in Carter County, Tennessee.
  26. An independent city in south-east Virginia.
  27. An unincorporated community in Upshur County, West Virginia.
  28. A number of other townships, listed under Hampton Township.
  29. A civil parish of Kings County, New Brunswick, Canada.
  30. A town in Kings County, New Brunswick.
  31. A community in Nova Scotia.
  32. A community in Prince Edward Island.
  33. A locality in the Lithgow council area, eastern New South Wales, Australia.
  34. A town in Queensland.
  35. A suburb of Melbourne in the City of Bayside, Victoria, Australia
  36. An English habitational surname from Old English from the placenames.
  37. A male given name transferred from the surname.

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Closest in meaning: preston, southampton, newport, tuskegee, arden, homestead, village, settlement, farmstead, hamlet, town, township, borough, parish, municipality, community

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BibTeX
@misc{hampton_2026,
  title = {Hampton},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/hampton},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}