name · noun · verb · 21 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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Pronunciation
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/ˈæstən/
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CMU ARPABET:AE1 S T AH0 N
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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name
Meaning 1
A common placename:
A number of places in England:
A hamlet in Remenham parish, Wokingham borough, Berkshire (OS grid ref SU7884).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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name
Meaning 2
A common placename:
A number of places in England:
A small village (Aston-by-Sutton) and civil parish (without a council) in Cheshire West and Chester district, Cheshire (OS grid ref SJ5578).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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name
Meaning 3
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A number of places in England:
A hamlet in Sudbury parish, Derbyshire Dales district, Derbyshire (OS grid ref SK1631).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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Meaning 4
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A number of places in England:
A village and civil parish in High Peak district, Derbyshire (OS grid ref SK1883).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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Meaning 5
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A hamlet in Kingsland parish, Herefordshire (OS grid ref SO4662).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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name
Meaning 6
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A number of places in England:
A village and civil parish in East Hertfordshire district, Hertfordshire (OS grid ref TL2722).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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name
Meaning 7
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A number of places in England:
A village in Aston, Cote, Shifford and Chimney parish, West Oxfordshire district, Oxfordshire (OS grid ref SP3402).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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Meaning 8
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A hamlet in Claverley parish, Shropshire (OS grid ref SO8093).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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Meaning 9
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A small village in Wem Rural parish, Shropshire (OS grid ref SJ5328).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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name
Meaning 10
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A number of places in England:
A hamlet in Wrockwardine parish, Telford and Wrekin district, Shropshire (OS grid ref SJ6109).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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name
Meaning 11
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A number of places in England:
A village in Aston cum Aughton parish, South Yorkshire (OS grid ref SK4685).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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Meaning 12
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A village in Maer parish, Newcastle-under-Lyme borough, Staffordshire (OS grid ref SJ7541).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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Meaning 13
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A hamlet in Seighford parish, Stafford district, Staffordshire (OS grid ref SJ8923).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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Meaning 14
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A suburb of Birmingham, West Midlands, historically in Warwickshire (OS grid ref SP0889).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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Meaning 15
A common placename:
A suburban village in Hawarden community, Flintshire, Wales, contiguous with Shotton (OS grid ref SJ3067).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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Meaning 16
A common placename:
A commune in Ariège department, Occitania, France.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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name
Meaning 17
A common placename:
A township in Delaware County, Pennsylvania, United States, named after Aston, Oxfordshire.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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name
Meaning 18
A habitational surname from Old English.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable
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noun
Meaning 19
A car made by Aston Martin.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: informal
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noun
Meaning 20
A lower third.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: UK
Topics: broadcasting, media
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verb
Meaning 21
To astonish.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
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History
Etymology
From Old English ēast (“east”) and tūn (“town, village”). Doublet of Easton.
From Aston Broadcast Systems, a supplier of software displaying such graphics.