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Hinton

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From either Old English hēan, dative form of hēah (“high”), or hīwan (“household”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

proper noun Hintons

  1. countable, uncountable A suburb of Newcastle in the Port Stephens council area, New South Wales, Australia.
  2. countable, uncountable A town in Yellowhead County, Alberta, Canada.
  3. countable, uncountable A civil parish in east Dorset, which includes Hinton Martell and Hinton Parva, and served by the Vale of Allen Parish Council Group.
  4. countable, uncountable A village and civil parish in Stroud district, Gloucestershire (OS grid ref SO6803).
  5. countable, uncountable A village in Dyrham and Hinton parish, South Gloucestershire district, Gloucestershire (OS grid ref ST7376).
  6. countable, uncountable A settlement in Bransgore parish, New Forest district, Hampshire, location of Hinton Admiral house and railway station (OS grid ref SZ2195).
  7. countable, uncountable A hamlet in Peterchurch parish, Herefordshire (OS grid ref SO3338).
  8. countable, uncountable A village in Woodford cum Membris parish, West Northamptonshire, Northamptonshire, previously in Daventry district (OS grid ref SP5352).
  9. countable, uncountable A hamlet in Pontesbury parish, Shropshire (OS grid ref SJ4008).
  10. countable, uncountable A hamlet in Mudford parish, Somerset, previously in South Somerset district (OS grid ref ST5720).
  11. countable, uncountable A rural locality in Blythburgh civil parish, East Suffolk district, Suffolk (OS grid ref TM4471 (approx.)).
  12. countable, uncountable An unincorporated community in Nevada County, California.
  13. countable, uncountable A small city in Plymouth County, Iowa.
  14. countable, uncountable A township in Mecosta County, Michigan.
  15. countable, uncountable An unincorporated community in Boone County, Missouri.
  16. countable, uncountable A town in Caddo County, Oklahoma.
  17. countable, uncountable A city, the county seat of Summers County, West Virginia.
  18. countable, uncountable A habitational surname from Old English.

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

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@misc{hinton_2026,
  title = {Hinton},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/hinton},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}