Hinton

H4I1N1T1O1N1

proper noun

A suburb of Newcastle in the Port Stephens council area, New South Wales, Australia.

Less commonScrabble 9

Meanings

proper nounHinton (countable and uncountable, plural Hintons)

plural Hintons

  1. countableuncountableA suburb of Newcastle in the Port Stephens council area, New South Wales, Australia.
  2. countableuncountableA town in Yellowhead County, Alberta, Canada.
  3. A number of places in England:
    1. countableuncountableA civil parish in east Dorset, which includes Hinton Martell and Hinton Parva, and served by the Vale of Allen Parish Council Group.
    2. countableuncountableA village and civil parish in Stroud district, Gloucestershire (OS grid ref SO6803).
    3. countableuncountableA village in Dyrham and Hinton parish, South Gloucestershire district, Gloucestershire (OS grid ref ST7376).
    4. countableuncountableA settlement in Bransgore parish, New Forest district, Hampshire, location of Hinton Admiral house and railway station (OS grid ref SZ2195).
    5. countableuncountableA hamlet in Peterchurch parish, Herefordshire (OS grid ref SO3338).
    6. countableuncountableA village in Woodford cum Membris parish, West Northamptonshire, Northamptonshire, previously in Daventry district (OS grid ref SP5352).
    7. countableuncountableA hamlet in Pontesbury parish, Shropshire (OS grid ref SJ4008).
    8. countableuncountableA hamlet in Mudford parish, Somerset, previously in South Somerset district (OS grid ref ST5720).
    9. countableuncountableA rural locality in Blythburgh civil parish, East Suffolk district, Suffolk (OS grid ref TM4471 (approx.)).
  4. A number of places in the United States:
    1. countableuncountableA small city in Plymouth County, Iowa.
    2. countableuncountableA township in Mecosta County, Michigan.
    3. countableuncountableAn unincorporated community in Boone County, Missouri.
    4. countableuncountableA town in Caddo County, Oklahoma.
    5. countableuncountableA city, the county seat of Summers County, West Virginia.
  5. countableuncountableA habitational surname from Old English.

Origin

  1. Old Englishhēan
  2. EnglishHinton

From either Old English hēan, dative form of hēah (“high”), or hīwan (“household”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

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