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Hilton

  • /ˈhɪltən/

Where it comes from

From many placenames in England and Scotland, including:

* Old English hyll (“hill”) + tun (“settlement”); sometimes the first element is interpreted as Old English hield (“slope”) or helde (“tansy”)

* From Norman Hildun, from Old English hild (“battle”) + húnn (“bear cub”)

proper noun

  1. A surname. During the boom times, Paris Hilton, Snoop Dogg, Reese Witherspoon and Matt Damon all gushed about or invested in crypto projects, bringing a mainstream audience to the wonky world of digital currencies.
  2. A village and civil parish in Huntingdonshire district, Cambridgeshire, England (OS grid ref TL2966).
  3. A small village in Murton parish, Eden district, Cumbria, England (OS grid ref NY7320).
  4. A village and civil parish in South Derbyshire district, Derbyshire, England (OS grid ref SK2430).
  5. A village and civil parish in north Dorset, England (OS grid ref ST7803).
  6. A small village and civil parish in County Durham, England (OS grid ref NZ1621).
  7. A village and civil parish in Stockton-on-Tees borough, North Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref NZ4611).
  8. A village in Worfield parish, south-east Shropshire, England (OS grid ref SO7795).
  9. A civil parish in South Staffordshire district, Staffordshire, England, near Featherstone.
  10. A hamlet in Wall parish, Lichfield district, Staffordshire (OS grid ref SK0805).
  11. A suburb of Aberdeen, City of Aberdeen council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NJ9208).
  12. A southern suburb of Inverness, Highland council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NH6743).
  13. A hamlet near Tain, Highland council area (OS grid ref NH7980).
  14. A hamlet in Berwickshire, Scottish Borders council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NT8850).
  15. An unincorporated community in Early County, Georgia.
  16. An unincorporated community in Perry County, Kentucky.
  17. An unincorporated community in Howard County, Maryland.
  18. A community in Atlantic Highlands borough, Monmouth County, New Jersey.
  19. A village in the town of Parma, Monroe County, New York.
  20. An unincorporated community in Creek County, Oklahoma.
  21. A township on St. Joseph Island, Algoma District, Ontario, Canada.
  22. A town near Pietermaritzburg, KwaZulu-Natal province, South Africa.
  23. A suburb of Adelaide in the City of West Torrens, South Australia.
  24. A suburb of Fremantle, Western Australia.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: hylton, loretto, hill, motel, hostel, resort, guesthouse, inn, lodge, villa, pension, caravanserai, auberge, boardinghouse, bed-and-breakfast, tavern

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"Hilton." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/hilton. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

APA

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

Chicago

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

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@misc{hilton_2026,
  title = {Hilton},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/hilton},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}