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Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
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name
A number of places in England:
A hamlet in Haile parish, Cumberland, Cumbria, previously in Copeland district (OS grid ref NY0311).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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name
A number of places in England:
A village in Bridstow parish, near Ross-on-Wye, Herefordshire (OS grid ref SO5824).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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name
A number of places in England:
A village and civil parish (served by Allerston and Wilton Parish Council) in North Yorkshire, previously in Ryedale district (OS grid ref SE8682).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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name
A number of places in England:
A small village (and castle) in Redcar and Cleveland borough, North Yorkshire (OS grid ref NZ5819).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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A number of places in England:
A suburb of Taunton, Somerset (OS grid ref ST2224).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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name
A number of places in England:
A town and civil parish with a town council near Salisbury, Wiltshire, famed for the Wilton carpets (OS grid ref SU0931).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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name
A number of places in England:
A village in Grafton parish, Wiltshire (OS grid ref SU2661).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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name
A parish of the Scottish Borders council area, Scotland.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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A suburb of Cork, County Cork, Ireland.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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A small town in New South Wales, Australia.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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A suburb of Wellington, Wellington region, New Zealand.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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name
A village in Mashonaland East, Zimbabwe.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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name
A rural municipality (the Rural Municipality of Wilton No. 472) in western Saskatchewan, Canada.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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name
A number of places in the United States:
A small town in Shelby County, Alabama.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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name
A number of places in the United States:
A small town in Little River County, Arkansas.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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name
A number of places in the United States:
A census-designated place in Sacramento County, California.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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name
A number of places in the United States:
A large town in Fairfield County, Connecticut.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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name
A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community and township in Will County, Illinois.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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name
A number of places in the United States:
A city in Cedar County and Muscatine County, Iowa.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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A number of places in the United States:
A township in Muscatine County, Iowa.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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A number of places in the United States:
A town in Franklin County, Maine.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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name
A number of places in the United States:
A minor city in Beltrami County, Minnesota.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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name
A number of places in the United States:
A township and unincorporated community therein, in Waseca County, Minnesota.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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name
A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Boone County, Missouri.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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name
A number of places in the United States:
A town in Hillsborough County, New Hampshire.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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name
A number of places in the United States:
A large town in Saratoga County, New York.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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A number of places in the United States:
A minor city in Burleigh County and McLean County, North Dakota.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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name
A number of places in the United States:
A village and town in Monroe County, Wisconsin.
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name
A habitational surname from Old English.
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noun
A type of carpet, originally made in the town of Wilton.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
a carpet woven on a Jacquard loom with loops like a Brussels carpet but having the loops cut to form a close velvety pile
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: Wilton carpet
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Broader terms: rug, carpet, carpeting
History
From either Old English welig (“willow”) or wella (“spring, stream”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).
