Dayton

English

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdeɪtən/

Proper noun

Dayton (plural Daytons)

1. a variant of Deighton.
2. A city in Ohio; the county seat of Montgomery County; named for Jonathan Dayton, a Constitution signatory and statesman.
3. A census-designated place in Nevada; named for John Day, a local surveyor.
4. A city in Tennessee; the county seat of Rhea County; named for the city in Ohio.
5. A city in Texas.
6. A census-designated place in New Jersey; named for Jonathan Dayton.
7. A city in Kentucky; named for the city in Ohio.
8. A city in Minnesota; named for founder Lyman Dayton.
9. A town in Waupaca County, Wisconsin; named for early settler Lyman Dayton.
10. A suburb of Perth, Western Australia; named for Walter Warner Day, a cattle and wine pioneer in the area.
11. A city in Oregon.
12. A city in Washington; the county seat of Columbia County; named for Jesse Day.
13. A town in Maine; named for Thomas Day, who submitted the petition for the area to become a town.
14. A town in New York.
15. A town in Indiana.
16. A town in Virginia.
17. A city in Iowa; named for the city in Ohio.
18. A town in Wyoming; named for founder Joe Dayton Thorne.
19. A town in Richland County, Wisconsin.
20. A borough of Pennsylvania.
21. A city in Idaho.
22. A community of Nova Scotia.
23. A census-designated place in Montana.
24. A town in Alabama.

Derived terms

• Daytonian

Further reading

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• “Dayton”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

Anagrams

• adyton