Meanings
plural Lintons
- A placename:
- countableuncountableA village and civil parish in South Cambridgeshire district, Cambridgeshire (OS grid ref TL5646).
- countableuncountableA village and civil parish in South Derbyshire district, Derbyshire (OS grid ref SK2716).
- countableuncountableA village and civil parish near Bromyard, Herefordshire (OS grid ref SO6753).
- countableuncountableA village and civil parish near Ross-on-Wye, Herefordshire (OS grid ref SO6525).
- countableuncountableA village and civil parish in Maidstone borough, Kent (OS grid ref TQ7550).
- countableuncountableA village in Ellington and Linton parish, Northumberland (OS grid ref NZ2691).
- countableuncountableA village and civil parish in North Yorkshire, previously in Craven district; also known as Linton-in-Craven (OS grid ref SD9962).
- countableuncountableA village in Collingham parish, Metropolitan Borough of Leeds, West Yorkshire (OS grid ref SE3847).
- countableuncountableA hamlet north of Morebattle, Scottish Borders council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NT7726).
- countableuncountableA town in the Shire of Pyrenees and the Golden Plains Shire, central western Victoria, Australia.
- countableuncountableA rural locality and military camp south of Palmerston North, Manawatū-Whanganui, New Zealand.
- countableuncountableAn unincorporated community in Hancock County, Georgia.
- countableuncountableA city in Greene County, Indiana.
- countableuncountableAn unincorporated community in Trigg County, Kentucky.
- countableuncountableA small city, the county seat of Emmons County, North Dakota.
- countableuncountableAn unincorporated community in Walworth County, Wisconsin.
- countableuncountableA hamlet in Portneuf Regional County Municipality, Capitale-Nationale region, Quebec.
- countableA habitational surname from Old English.
Origin
- Old Englishlīn“flax”
- EnglishLinton
From either Old English līn (“flax”) or lind (“lime tree”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).
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Linton. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Linton
“Linton.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Linton. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Linton,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Linton.
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