Compton

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/ˈkɒmp.tən/cot caught merger/ˈkɑmp.tən/

proper noun

A village and civil parish in West Berkshire district, Berkshire (OS grid ref SU5279).

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Meanings

proper noun

alternative Cumpton

  1. Any of several placenames in England and the United States.
    1. A village and civil parish in West Berkshire district, Berkshire (OS grid ref SU5279).
    2. A suburban area in Ashbourne parish, Derbyshire Dales district, Derbyshire (OS grid ref SK1846).
    3. A hamlet in Marldon parish, South Hams district, Devon, the location of Compton Castle (OS grid ref SX8664).
    4. A village in Compton and Shawford parish, Winchester district, Hampshire (OS grid ref SU4625).
    5. A village and civil parish in Guildford borough, Surrey (OS grid ref SU9547).
    6. A suburban area in Farnham parish, Waverley borough, Surrey (OS grid ref SU8546).
    7. A suburb of Wolverhampton, West Midlands (OS grid ref SO8898).
    8. A municipality in Coaticook Regional County Municipality, Estrie, Quebec, Canada.
  2. An English habitational surname from Old English from the placenames.
  3. countableA male given name transferred from the surname.

Origin

  1. Old EnglishCumbtūn
  2. EnglishCompton

From Old English Cumbtūn. Equivalent to combe (“valley”) + -ton (“town”).

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APA

Compton. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Compton

MLA

“Compton.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Compton. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Compton,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Compton.

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