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Walton
- /ˈwɒl.tən/ UK
- /ˈwɔːl.-/ UK
- /ˈwɔl.tən/ US
- /ˈwɑl.-/ US, cot caught merger
Where it comes from
Variously from Old English weall (“wall”) or wealh (“Celt, Welshman”) + tūn (“settlement”)
proper noun
- A surname. Despite wide efforts to encourage more girls and young women to pursue careers in STEM, a new survey from Gallup and the Walton Family Foundation found Gen Z girls significantly lag behind boys in the level of interest expressed in STEM subjects, suggesting more must be done to close the gender gap.
- A township in Harvey County, Kansas.
- A city in Boone County and Kenton County, Kentucky.
- A township in Eaton County, Michigan.
- An unincorporated community in Fife Lake Township, Grand Traverse County, Michigan.
- A town and village in Delaware County, New York.
- An unincorporated community in Lane County, Oregon.
- An unincorporated community in Van Zandt County, Texas.
- An unincorporated community in Roane County, West Virginia.
- A village in the Municipal District of East Hants, Hants County, Nova Scotia.
- A hamlet in Huron County, Ontario.
- A suburb of Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, previously in Aylesbury Vale district (OS grid ref SP8213).
- A suburb and civil parish (with a community council) in Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire (OS grid ref SP8936).
- A northern suburb of Peterborough, Cambridgeshire (OS grid ref TF1702).
- A village and civil parish in Cumberland district, Cumbria, previously in Carlisle district (OS grid ref NY5264).
- A southern suburb of Chesterfield borough, with a small portion in Holymoorside and Walton parish, North East Derbyshire district, Derbyshire (OS grid ref SK3669).
- A village in Kimcote and Walton parish, Harborough district, Leicestershire (OS grid ref SP5987).
- A suburb of the City of Liverpool, Merseyside (OS grid ref SJ3694).
- A hamlet in Onibury parish, south Shropshire (OS grid ref SO4679).
- A settlement in Ercall Magna parish, Telford and Wrekin, Shropshire (OS grid ref SJ5818).
- A village and civil parish west of Street, Somerset, previously in Mendip district (OS grid ref ST4636).
- A hamlet in Eccleshall parish, Stafford borough, Staffordshire (OS grid ref SJ8527).
- A suburban area in Stone parish, Stafford borough, Staffordshire (OS grid ref SJ9033).
- A northern suburb of Felixstowe, East Suffolk district, Suffolk (OS grid ref TM2935).
- A small settlement in Wellesbourne and Walton parish, Stratford-on-Avon district, Warwickshire (OS grid ref SP2853)
- A village and civil parish east of Wetherby, City of Leeds, West Yorkshire (OS grid ref SE4447).
- A village and civil parish in the City of Wakefield, West Yorkshire (OS grid ref SE3517).
- A small settlement in Old Radnor community, Powys, Wales (OS grid ref SO2559).
- A settlement in Waikato, New Zealand.
- Counties in Florida and Georgia, see Walton County.
- Clipping of Walton-on-Thames
- Clipping of Walton-on-the-Naze
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Closest in meaning: cockcroft, lincrusta, walnut, alton, village, town, hamlet, settlement, community, locality, borough, parish, suburb, district, municipality, township
Talk about this word "Walton." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/walton. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. Walton. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/walton "Walton." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/walton.Cite this
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title = {Walton},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
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