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Manton¹

Where it comes from

Various origins:

* In general, from Old English ġemǣne (“common, shared”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement”).

* In the case of the village in Lincolnshire, from Old English mealm (“sand, chalk”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement”).

* The surname can also be an Anglicized form of Irish Ó Manntáin (“descendant of Manntán”), a nickname derived from a diminutive of mantach (“toothless”).

proper noun Mantons · Menton

  1. countable, uncountable A locality in the Yass Valley council area, south eastern New South Wales, Australia.
  2. countable, uncountable An outer rural locality and suburb of Darwin, in Litchfield Municipality, Northern Territory, Australia.
  3. countable, uncountable A village and civil parish in North Lincolnshire district, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref SE9302).
  4. countable, uncountable A former mining village, a suburb southeast of the town of Worksop, Bassetlaw district, Nottinghamshire, England (OS grid ref SK5978).
  5. countable, uncountable A village and civil parish in Rutland, England (OS grid ref SK8804).
  6. countable, uncountable A village and suburb of the town of Marlborough, Wiltshire, England (OS grid ref SU1768).
  7. countable, uncountable A census-designated place in Tehama County and Shasta County, California, United States.
  8. countable, uncountable An unincorporated community in Washington County, Kentucky, United States.
  9. countable, uncountable A city in Wexford County, Michigan, United States.
  10. countable, uncountable A neighborhood of Providence, Rhode Island, United States.
  11. countable A habitational surname.

manton²

Where it comes from

From Spanish mantón.

noun mantons

  1. A shawl or wrap.

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@misc{manton_2026,
  title = {manton},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/manton},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}