Eton

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/ˈiː.tən/US[ˈiː.ʔn̩]

proper noun

A town and civil parish in Windsor and Maidenhead, Berkshire, England (OS grid ref SU965775).

OriginOld English *Ēatūn →
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Meanings

proper nounEton (countable and uncountable, plural Etons)

plural Etons

  1. countableuncountableA town and civil parish in Windsor and Maidenhead, Berkshire, England (OS grid ref SU965775).
  2. UKabbreviationcountableellipsisuncountableEllipsis of Eton College, a prestigious public school for boys in Eton.
  3. countableuncountableA town in Murray County, Georgia, United States.
  4. countableuncountableA habitational surname from Old English.

Origin

  1. Old English*Ēatūn
  2. EnglishEton

From Old English *Ēatūn, from ea (“river”) + tun (“town”). See also the doublet Eaton.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with Eton

beateneatenwheatonKeatonunbeatensweetenwheatenCretanbesweetenheatenorvietan
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Sounds the same

Eatoneaten

Anagrams

notetoneTeno
Cite this entry
APA

Eton. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Eton

MLA

“Eton.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Eton. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Eton,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Eton.

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