Hampton
English
Alternative forms
Etymology
Variously from:
- Old English hāmtūn, from hām and tūn (equivalent to home + town);
- Old English hēantūn, from hēah and tūn (equivalent to high + town).[1]
The town in New Brunswick may have been named after one of several towns in New England.
Pronunciation
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- Hyphenation: Hamp‧ton
- Rhymes: -æmptən
Proper noun
Hampton
- Any of several places in England and Scotland, derived from Saxon words meaning farm by the bend of a river, including:
- A suburb of the borough of Richmond upon Thames, Greater London, England, originally in Middlesex.
- A hamlet on the west bank of the Severn in Shropshire, England, opposite Hampton Loade (OS grid ref SO7486).
- A male given name transferred from the surname.
- An English and Scottish habitational surname from Old English from the placenames.
- A number of places in the United States:
- A small city, the county seat of Calhoun County, Arkansas.
- A town in Connecticut.
- A city in Florida.
- A city in Georgia.
- A village in Illinois.
- A city, the county seat of Franklin County, Iowa.
- A small city in Dakota County, Minnesota.
- A hamlet in Missouri.
- A village in Nebraska.
- A town in Rockingham County, New Hampshire.
- A borough of New Jersey.
- An area of multiple towns on the south fork of Long Island, New York.
- A town, the county seat of Hampton County, South Carolina. Named after Wade Hampton III.
- A city in Virginia.
- Places in Canada:
- A town in Kings County, New Brunswick.
- A community of Nova Scotia.
- A community of Prince Edward Island.
- Places in Australia:
- A town in Queensland.
- A town in Victoria.
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- English terms inherited from Old English
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- English 2-syllable words
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