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Winton

  • /ˈwɪn.tən/

Rhymes with -ɪntən

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From either the Old English personal name Wine, which is a byname from wine (“friend”), or winn (“pasture”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

proper noun Wintons

  1. uncountable, usually A village and civil parish in Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, previously in Eden district (OS grid ref NY7810).
  2. uncountable, usually A suburb of Bournemouth, Dorset (OS grid ref SZ0893).
  3. uncountable, usually A hamlet in Alfriston parish, Wealden district, East Sussex (OS grid ref TQ5203).
  4. uncountable, usually A suburban area of Salford, Greater Manchester (OS grid ref SJ7599).
  5. uncountable, usually A hamlet in Winton, Stank and Hallikeld parish, North Yorkshire, previously in Hambleton district (OS grid ref SE4096).
  6. uncountable, usually A census-designated place in Merced County, California.
  7. uncountable, usually A minor city in Saint Louis County, Minnesota.
  8. uncountable, usually A town, the county seat of Hertford County, North Carolina.
  9. uncountable, usually An unincorporated community in Chelan County, Washington.
  10. uncountable, usually A ghost town in Sweetwater County, Wyoming.
  11. uncountable, usually A town in Southland, New Zealand.
  12. uncountable, usually A locality in the Tamworth council area, north eastern New South Wales, Australia.
  13. uncountable, usually A town in the Shire of Winton, Queensland, Australia.
  14. uncountable, usually A local government area in central-west Queensland; in full, the Shire of Winton.
  15. uncountable, usually A town in the Rural City of Benalla, Victoria, Australia.
  16. archaic, uncountable, usually Winchester (the city in Hampshire, England).
  17. countable, usually A habitational surname from Old English.

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@misc{winton_2026,
  title = {Winton},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/winton},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}