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Aston

name · noun · verb · 21 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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  • /ˈæstən/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • 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:

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A hamlet in Remenham parish, Wokingham borough, Berkshire (OS grid ref SU7884).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

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Meaning 2

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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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Meaning 3

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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 village and civil parish in High Peak district, Derbyshire (OS grid ref SK1883).

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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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Meaning 6

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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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Meaning 7

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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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A hamlet in Claverley parish, Shropshire (OS grid ref SO8093).

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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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Meaning 10

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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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Meaning 11

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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).

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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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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).

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Usage: countable, uncountable

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Meaning 16

A common placename:

A commune in Ariège department, Occitania, France.

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Usage: countable, uncountable

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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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Meaning 18

A habitational surname from Old English.

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Usage: countable

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19

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.

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