Linton

L1I1N1T1O1N1
/ˈlɪn.tən/

proper noun

A village and civil parish in South Cambridgeshire district, Cambridgeshire (OS grid ref TL5646).

Less commonScrabble 6

Meanings

proper nounLinton (countable and uncountable, plural Lintons)

plural Lintons

  1. A placename:
    1. countableuncountableA village and civil parish in South Cambridgeshire district, Cambridgeshire (OS grid ref TL5646).
    2. countableuncountableA village and civil parish in South Derbyshire district, Derbyshire (OS grid ref SK2716).
    3. countableuncountableA village and civil parish near Bromyard, Herefordshire (OS grid ref SO6753).
    4. countableuncountableA village and civil parish near Ross-on-Wye, Herefordshire (OS grid ref SO6525).
    5. countableuncountableA village and civil parish in Maidstone borough, Kent (OS grid ref TQ7550).
    6. countableuncountableA village in Ellington and Linton parish, Northumberland (OS grid ref NZ2691).
    7. countableuncountableA village and civil parish in North Yorkshire, previously in Craven district; also known as Linton-in-Craven (OS grid ref SD9962).
    8. countableuncountableA village in Collingham parish, Metropolitan Borough of Leeds, West Yorkshire (OS grid ref SE3847).
    9. countableuncountableA hamlet north of Morebattle, Scottish Borders council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NT7726).
    10. countableuncountableA town in the Shire of Pyrenees and the Golden Plains Shire, central western Victoria, Australia.
    11. countableuncountableA rural locality and military camp south of Palmerston North, Manawatū-Whanganui, New Zealand.
    12. countableuncountableAn unincorporated community in Hancock County, Georgia.
    13. countableuncountableA city in Greene County, Indiana.
    14. countableuncountableAn unincorporated community in Trigg County, Kentucky.
    15. countableuncountableA small city, the county seat of Emmons County, North Dakota.
    16. countableuncountableA hamlet in King township, Regional Municipality of York, Ontario.
    17. countableuncountableA hamlet in Portneuf Regional County Municipality, Capitale-Nationale region, Quebec.
  2. countableA habitational surname from Old English.

Origin

  1. Old Englishlīn“flax”
  2. EnglishLinton

From either Old English līn (“flax”) or lind (“lime tree”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

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Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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