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Sutton

  • /ˈsʌtən/ UK, US

Rhymes with -ʌtən

Where it comes from

From Old English suþ (“south”) + tun (“town”). Doublet of Southtown.

proper noun Suttons

  1. countable, uncountable A small village and civil parish in Central Bedfordshire, Bedfordshire (OS grid ref TL2247).
  2. countable, uncountable A village and civil parish, also known as Sutton-in-the-Isle, in East Cambridgeshire district, Cambridgeshire (OS grid ref TL4479).
  3. countable, uncountable A civil parish in Cheshire East, Cheshire, which includes the village of Sutton Lane Ends.
  4. countable, uncountable A suburban town in southern Greater London, historically in Surrey (OS grid ref TQ2664).
  5. countable, uncountable A London borough in Greater London, which includes the town.
  6. countable, uncountable A village and civil parish (served by Sutton by Dover Parish Council) in Dover district, Kent (OS grid ref TR3349).
  7. countable, uncountable A suburb of the Metropolitan Borough of St Helens, Merseyside; the name Sutton Oak is also used in this area (OS grid ref SJ5393).
  8. countable, uncountable A civil parish (served by Sutton-in-Craven Parish Council) in North Yorkshire, previously in Craven district.
  9. countable, uncountable A hamlet in Byram cum Sutton parish, North Yorkshire, previously in Selby district (OS grid ref SE4925).
  10. countable, uncountable A settlement in Granby parish, Rushcliffe district, Nottinghamshire (OS grid ref SK7637).
  11. countable, uncountable A settlement in Stanton Harcourt parish, West Oxfordshire district, Oxfordshire (OS grid ref SP4106).
  12. countable, uncountable A village and civil parish (served by Sutton and Barlavington Parish Council) in Chichester district, West Sussex (OS grid ref SU9715).
  13. countable, uncountable A northern suburb of Dublin, Ireland, on the isthmus near Howth (Irish grid ref O2539).
  14. countable, uncountable A community in the town of Georgina, Regional Municipality of York, Ontario.
  15. countable, uncountable A town in Brome-Missisquoi Regional County Municipality, Estrie, Quebec.
  16. countable, uncountable A rural municipality in Saskatchewan; in full, the Rural Municipality of Sutton No. 103.
  17. countable, uncountable A town in Worcester County, Massachusetts.
  18. countable, uncountable A city and township in Clay County, Nebraska.
  19. countable, uncountable A town in Merrimack County, New Hampshire.
  20. countable, uncountable An unincorporated community in Tewksbury Township, Hunterdon County, New Jersey.
  21. countable, uncountable A census-designated place in Griggs County, North Dakota.
  22. countable, uncountable A township in Meigs County, Ohio.
  23. countable, uncountable A town and census-designated place therein, in Caledonia County, Vermont.
  24. countable, uncountable A town, the county seat of Braxton County, West Virginia.
  25. countable, uncountable A village in Queanbeyan-Palerang council area and Yass Valley council area, New South Wales, Australia.
  26. countable, uncountable A locality in the Shire of Buloke, north western Victoria, Australia
  27. countable, uncountable A small settlement in Otago, New Zealand.
  28. countable, uncountable A habitational surname from Old English. Formal SignWriting is one particular computerized design for Sutton SignWriting that envisions a sign as a two part word.
  29. countable, uncountable A unisex given name transferred from the surname.

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Closest in meaning: elwell, stone, smith, town, village, hamlet, borough, municipality, district, suburb, settlement, township, locality, community, parish, precinct

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@misc{sutton_2026,
  title = {Sutton},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/sutton},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}