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Wilton

/ˈwɪltən/

Rhymes with -ɪltən

Where it comes from

From either Old English welig (“willow”) or wella (“spring, stream”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

proper noun Wiltons

countable, uncountable A hamlet in Haile parish, Cumberland, Cumbria, previously in Copeland district (OS grid ref NY0311).
countable, uncountable A village in Bridstow parish, near Ross-on-Wye, Herefordshire (OS grid ref SO5824).
countable, uncountable A village and civil parish (served by Allerston and Wilton Parish Council) in North Yorkshire, previously in Ryedale district (OS grid ref SE8682).
countable, uncountable A small village (and castle) in Redcar and Cleveland borough, North Yorkshire (OS grid ref NZ5819).
countable, uncountable A suburb of Taunton, Somerset (OS grid ref ST2224).
countable, uncountable A town and civil parish with a town council near Salisbury, Wiltshire, famed for the Wilton carpets (OS grid ref SU0931). Wiltshire actually comes from Wiltonshire, for Wilton was once a county town, royal residence and bishopric - a place of significance.
countable, uncountable A village in Grafton parish, Wiltshire (OS grid ref SU2661).
countable, uncountable A parish of the Scottish Borders council area, Scotland.
countable, uncountable A suburb of Cork, County Cork, Ireland.
countable, uncountable A small town in New South Wales, Australia.
countable, uncountable A suburb of Wellington, Wellington region, New Zealand.
countable, uncountable A village in Mashonaland East, Zimbabwe.
countable, uncountable A rural municipality (the Rural Municipality of Wilton No. 472) in western Saskatchewan, Canada.
countable, uncountable A small town in Shelby County, Alabama.
countable, uncountable A small town in Little River County, Arkansas.
countable, uncountable A census-designated place in Sacramento County, California.
countable, uncountable A town in Fairfield County, Connecticut. "A lot of the information in C. L. and P.'s application is incomplete," said Monte Frank, a lawyer hired by Redding, Wilton and Weston to represent those towns' interests before the Connecticut Siting Council, which has jurisdiction on such issues.
countable, uncountable An unincorporated community and township in Will County, Illinois.
countable, uncountable A city in Cedar County and Muscatine County, Iowa.
countable, uncountable A township in Muscatine County, Iowa.
countable, uncountable A town in Franklin County, Maine.
countable, uncountable A minor city in Beltrami County, Minnesota.
countable, uncountable A township and unincorporated community therein, in Waseca County, Minnesota.
countable, uncountable An unincorporated community in Boone County, Missouri.
countable, uncountable A town in Hillsborough County, New Hampshire.
countable, uncountable A large town in Saratoga County, New York.
countable, uncountable A minor city in Burleigh County and McLean County, North Dakota.
countable, uncountable A village and town in Monroe County, Wisconsin.
countable A habitational surname from Old English.

noun Wiltons

A type of carpet, originally made in the town of Wilton.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: ely, willie, weldon, willi, willington, walcot, whitley, whitefield, woolston, southwick, holwell, hinton, worth, wingfield, little london, townsend

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@misc{wilton_2026,
  title = {Wilton},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/wilton},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}