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==English==
{{wikipedia}}

===Alternative forms===
* {{alter|en|Hanton}}

===Etymology===
Variously from:
* {{inh|en|ang|hāmtūn}}, from {{m|ang|hām}} and {{m|ang|tūn}} (equivalent to {{m|en|home}} + {{m|en|town}});
* {{inh|en|ang|hēantūn}}, from {{m|ang|hēah}} and {{m|ang|tūn}}  (equivalent to {{m|en|high}} + {{m|en|town}}).<ref>https://www.ancestry.com/name-origin?surname=hampton</ref>

The town in New Brunswick may have been named after one of several towns in New England. The civil parish is named after the town.

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|en|/ˈhæmp.tən/|a=UK}}
* {{hyphenation|en|Hamp|ton}}
* {{rhymes|en|æmptən|s=2}}

===Proper noun===
{{en-proper noun}}

# Any of several [[place]]s in England, derived from Saxon words meaning farm by the bend of a river, including:
## {{place|en|hamlet|par/Shute|dist/East Devon|co/Devon}} {{q|[[OS]] grid ref SY2696}}. <ref>{{pedia|List of United Kingdom locations: Ha-Ham#Ham}}</ref>
## {{place|en|suburb|in the|lbor/Richmond upon Thames|co/Greater London|originally in|x/Middlesex}} {{q|[[OS]] grid ref TQ1369}}.
## {{place|en|western coastal suburb|town/Herne Bay|dist/Canterbury|co/Kent}} {{q|OS grid ref TR1568}}.
## {{place|en|hamlet|on the west bank of the|riv/Severn|in|par/Chelmarsh|co/Shropshire|opposite|x/Hampton Loade}} {{q|OS grid ref SO7486}}.
## {{place|en|hamlet|par/Highworth|bor/Swindon|co/Wiltshire}} {{q|OS grid ref SU1892}}.
## {{place|en|western suburb|town/Evesham|dist/Wychavon|co/Worcestershire}} {{q|OS grid ref SP0243}}.
# {{given name|en|male|from=surnames}}.
# {{surname|en|English [[habitational]]|from=Old English}} from the [[placename]]s.
# {{place|en|number of places|c/USA}}:
## {{place|en|small city/county seat|co/Calhoun County|s/Arkansas}}.
## {{place|en|town|s/Connecticut}}.
## {{place|en|city|s/Florida}}.
## {{place|en|city|s/Georgia}}.
## {{place|en|village|s/Illinois}}.
## {{place|en|city/county seat|co/Franklin County|s/Iowa}}.
## {{place|en|twp/and/minor city|therein, in|co/Dakota County|s/Minnesota}}.
## {{place|en|hamlet|s/Missouri}}.
## {{place|en|village|s/Nebraska}}.
## {{place|en|town|co/Rockingham County|s/New Hampshire}}.
## {{place|en|borough|s/New Jersey}}.
## An area of multiple towns on the south fork of [[Long Island]], [[New York]].
## {{place|en|town/county seat|co/Hampton County|s/South Carolina}}. Named after {{w|Wade Hampton III}}.
## {{place|en|city|s/Virginia}}.
## {{place|en|A number of other <<townships>>, listed under {{w|Hampton Township}}}}.
# {{place|en|Places in <<c/Canada>>}}:
## {{place|en|civil parish|c/Kings County|p/New Brunswick|c/Canada}}.
## {{place|en|town|county/Kings County|p/New Brunswick}}.
## {{place|en|community|p/Nova Scotia}}.
## {{place|en|community|p/Prince Edward Island}}.
# {{place|en|Places in <<c/Australia>>}}:
## {{place|en|town|s/Queensland}}.
## {{place|en|town|s/Victoria}}.

====Derived terms====
{{der3|en
|East Hampton
|Hampton Bays
|Hampton County
|Hampton Court
|Hampton Gay
|Hampton Hill
|Hampton in Arden
|Hampton Loade
|Hampton Poyle
|Hampton Roads
|Hampton Wick
|New Hampton
|Northampton
|Southampton
|South Hampton
|Wade Hampton
|Wolverhampton
}}

===References===
<references/>

===Anagrams===
* {{anagrams|en|a=ahmnopt|Phantom|phantom}}