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Linton

  • /ˈlɪn.tən/

Rhymes with -ɪntən

Where it comes from

From either Old English līn (“flax”) or lind (“lime tree”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

proper noun Lintons

  1. countable, uncountable A village and civil parish in South Cambridgeshire district, Cambridgeshire (OS grid ref TL5646).
  2. countable, uncountable A village and civil parish in South Derbyshire district, Derbyshire (OS grid ref SK2716).
  3. countable, uncountable A village and civil parish near Bromyard, Herefordshire (OS grid ref SO6753).
  4. countable, uncountable A village and civil parish near Ross-on-Wye, Herefordshire (OS grid ref SO6525).
  5. countable, uncountable A village and civil parish in Maidstone borough, Kent (OS grid ref TQ7550).
  6. countable, uncountable A village in Ellington and Linton parish, Northumberland (OS grid ref NZ2691).
  7. countable, uncountable A village and civil parish in North Yorkshire, previously in Craven district; also known as Linton-in-Craven (OS grid ref SD9962).
  8. countable, uncountable A village in Collingham parish, Metropolitan Borough of Leeds, West Yorkshire (OS grid ref SE3847).
  9. countable, uncountable A hamlet north of Morebattle, Scottish Borders council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NT7726).
  10. countable, uncountable A town in the Shire of Pyrenees and the Golden Plains Shire, central western Victoria, Australia.
  11. countable, uncountable A rural locality and military camp south of Palmerston North, Manawatū-Whanganui, New Zealand.
  12. countable, uncountable An unincorporated community in Hancock County, Georgia.
  13. countable, uncountable A city in Greene County, Indiana.
  14. countable, uncountable An unincorporated community in Trigg County, Kentucky.
  15. countable, uncountable A small city, the county seat of Emmons County, North Dakota.
  16. countable, uncountable An unincorporated community in Walworth County, Wisconsin.
  17. countable, uncountable A hamlet in King township, Regional Municipality of York, Ontario.
  18. countable, uncountable A hamlet in Portneuf Regional County Municipality, Capitale-Nationale region, Quebec.
  19. countable A habitational surname from Old English.

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@misc{linton_2026,
  title = {Linton},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/linton},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}