Picton

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Picton

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From either the Old English personal name *Pīca or pīc (“point, peak, pinnacle”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

proper noun Pictons

countable, uncountable A hamlet and civil parish (without a council) in North Yorkshire, England, previously in Hambleton district (OS grid ref NZ4107).
countable, uncountable A hamlet and former civil parish in Mickle Trafford and District parish, Cheshire West and Chester district, Cheshire, England (OS grid ref SJ4371).
countable, uncountable A former ward in Liverpool, Merseyside, Lancashire, England, abolished in 2023.
countable, uncountable A small town in Wollondilly Shire, New South Wales, Australia, named after Thomas Picton.
countable, uncountable A suburb of the City of Bunbury, Western Australia.
countable, uncountable A town and ferry port in Marlborough, South Island, New Zealand.
countable, uncountable An unincorporated community in Prince Edward County, Ontario, Canada.
countable A habitational surname from Old English.

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"Picton." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/picton. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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@misc{picton_2026,
  title = {Picton},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/picton},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}