Hampton

English

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).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hæmptən/

Proper noun

Hampton

1. Any of several places in England and Scotland, derived from Saxon words meaning farm by the bend of a river, including:
   1. A suburb of the borough of Richmond upon Thames, Greater London, England, originally in Middlesex.
   2. A hamlet on the west bank of the Severn in Shropshire, England, opposite Hampton Loade (OS grid ref SO7486).
2. from the placenames.
3. A small city, the county seat of Calhoun County, Arkansas, United States.
4. A town in Connecticut.
5. A city in Florida.
6. A city in Georgia, United States.
7. A village in Illinois.
8. A city, the county seat of Franklin County, Iowa.
9. A small city in Dakota County, Minnesota.
10. A hamlet in Missouri.
11. A village in Nebraska.
12. A town in New Brunswick, Canada.
13. A town in New Hampshire.
14. A borough of New Jersey.
15. A town in New York.
16. A community of Nova Scotia.
17. A community of Prince Edward Island.
18. A town in Queensland, Australia.
19. A town, the county seat of Hampton County, South Carolina. Named after Wade Hampton III.
20. A city in Virginia.

Derived terms

• Hampton County
• Hampton Court
• Hampton Hill
• Hampton Loade
• Hampton Wick
• Northampton
• Southampton
• Wolverhampton

 

Anagrams

• Phantom, phantom