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Houghton

  • /ˈhoʊtən/

Where it comes from

From Old English hōh (“ridge, spur”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

proper noun Houghtons

  1. countable, uncountable A village in Houghton and Wyton parish, Cambridgeshire, England (OS grid ref TL281724).
  2. countable, uncountable A village in Stanwix Rural parish, Cumbria, England (OS grid ref NY407593).
  3. countable, uncountable A hamlet in Sancton parish, East Riding of Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE886392).
  4. countable, uncountable A village and civil parish in Test Valley district, Hampshire, England (OS grid ref SU341143).
  5. countable, uncountable A village and civil parish in King's Lynn and West Norfolk district, Norfolk, England (OS grid ref TF789288).
  6. countable, uncountable A hamlet in Heddon-on-the-Wall parish, southern Northumberland, England (OS grid ref NZ1266).
  7. countable, uncountable A village and civil parish in Arun district, West Sussex, England (OS grid ref TQ017411).
  8. countable, uncountable A village in Burton community, Pembrokeshire, Wales (OS grid ref SM9807).
  9. abbreviation, countable, ellipsis, uncountable Ellipsis of Houghton Estate, Johannesburg, South Africa.
  10. countable, uncountable A town near Adelaide, South Australia, Australia.
  11. countable, uncountable A minor city in Lee County, Iowa.
  12. countable, uncountable A city, the county seat of Houghton County, Michigan, on the Upper Peninsula.
  13. countable, uncountable A township in Keweenaw County, Michigan.
  14. countable, uncountable A hamlet and census-designated place in the town of Caneadea, Allegany County, New York.
  15. countable, uncountable An unincorporated community in Brown County, South Dakota.
  16. countable, uncountable A neighbourhood of the city of Kirkland, Washington.
  17. countable, uncountable A habitational surname from Old English.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: mif, verge, axe, rod, miff, mifflin, riddell, horton, holton, howton, hopton, hoghton, haughton, hutton, hoxton, heaton

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"Houghton." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/houghton. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

APA

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

Chicago

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

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@misc{houghton_2026,
  title = {Houghton},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/houghton},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}