Malton
English
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Etymology
[edit]Probably from Old English mæþel (“speech”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”), hence a settlement where a public assembly was held.
Proper noun
[edit]Malton (countable and uncountable, plural Maltons)
- (uncountable) A placename:
- A market town and civil parish with a town council in North Yorkshire, England, previously in Ryedale district (OS grid ref SE7871). [1]
- A hamlet in Lanchester parish, County Durham, England (OS grid ref NZ1846). [2]
- A neighbourhood of Mississauga, Ontario, Canada.
- A former settlement in Glenn County, California, United States.
- (countable) A habitational surname from Old English.
Statistics
[edit]- According to the 2010 United States Census, Malton is the 125282nd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 137 individuals. Malton is most common among White (78.1%) and Black/African American (10.22%) individuals.
References
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Malton”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 501.
Anagrams
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[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Malton
- accusative of Malto
Categories:
- English terms derived from Old English
- English lemmas
- English proper nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- English countable nouns
- en:Towns in North Yorkshire, England
- en:Towns in England
- en:Civil parishes of England
- en:Places in North Yorkshire, England
- en:Places in England
- en:Villages in County Durham, England
- en:Villages in England
- en:Places in County Durham, England
- en:Neighbourhoods in Ontario
- en:Places in Ontario
- en:Places in Canada
- en:Historical settlements
- en:Places in California, USA
- en:Places in the United States
- English surnames
- English surnames from Old English
- Esperanto non-lemma forms
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