Milton

plural Miltons

1. A number of places in the United Kingdom:
   1. uncountableusuallyA village and civil parish in South Cambridgeshire district, Cambridgeshire (OS grid ref TL4762).
   2. uncountableusuallyA hamlet in Brampton parish, Carlisle district, Cumbria (OS grid ref NY5560).
   3. uncountableusuallyA hamlet in Preston Richard parish, South Lakeland district, Cumbria (OS grid ref SD5383).
   4. uncountableusuallyA hamlet in Repton parish, South Derbyshire district, Derbyshire (OS grid ref SK3226).
   5. uncountableusuallyAn area of Portsmouth, Hampshire.
   6. uncountableusuallyFormer name of Old Milton, Hampshire, renamed on maps by 1970.
   7. uncountableusuallyAn eastern suburb of Gravesend, Gravesham borough, Kent (OS grid ref TQ6574).
   8. uncountableusuallyA village in West Markham parish, Bassetlaw district, Nottinghamshire (OS grid ref SK7173).
   9. uncountableusuallyA small village and civil parish (without a council) in Cherwell district, Oxfordshire (OS grid ref SP4535).
   10. uncountableusuallyA village and civil parish in Vale of White Horse district, Oxfordshire (OS grid ref SU4892).
   11. uncountableusuallyA hamlet in Ash parish, Somerset, previously in South Somerset district (OS grid ref ST4621).
   12. uncountableusuallyA suburb of Weston-super-Mare, North Somerset district, Somerset (OS grid ref ST3462).
   13. uncountableusuallyAn eastern suburb of Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire (OS grid ref SJ9050).
   14. uncountableusuallyA hamlet in East Knoyle parish, Wiltshire (OS grid ref ST8731).
   15. uncountableusuallyA village in Easter Ross, Highland council area (OS grid ref NH7674).
   16. uncountableusuallyA small village in Glen Urquhart, Highland council area, historically in Inverness-shire (OS grid ref NH4930).
   17. uncountableusuallyA suburban area of Glasgow, Glasgow council area (OS grid ref NS5969).
   18. uncountableusuallyA hamlet west of Aberfoyle, Stirling council area (OS grid ref NN5001).
   19. uncountableusuallyA village in West Dunbartonshire council area (OS grid ref NS4274).
   20. uncountableusuallyA settlement on South Uist in the Outer Hebrides, Western Isles council area (OS grid ref NF7326).
   21. uncountableusuallyA settlement in Carew community, Pembrokeshire, Wales (OS grid ref SN0303)
2. uncountableusuallyA habitational surname from Old English, from the multiple places in Britain named "Milton".
3. uncountableusuallyA male given name transferred from the surname.

   1 more example

   Herbert, Sydney, Milton, Seymour. You know, all the time I was growing up I thought those were the most ordinary Jewish first names, until someone pointed out that they were British last names. I guess to my great-grandparents those names must have sounded so modern, so sophisticated, so - non-Eastern European. And now they're just Uncle Miltie, Uncle Sy, Uncle Herb. Do other people have Uncle Donne and Uncle Wordsworth?

   1989, David Leavitt, Equal Affections, →ISBN, page 215

4. uncountableusuallyJohn Milton, an English author and poet of the seventeenth century.

   The most vulgar man, when he prays, when he suffers, and places hope in heaven, has, at that moment, something in him, which he would express, like Milton, Homer, or Tasso, if education had taught him to clothe his thoughts with words.

   1807, [Germaine] de Staël Holstein, translated by D[ennis] Lawler, “[Book X. Holy week.] Chap[ter] V.”, in Corinna; or, Italy. […], volume III, London: […] Corri, […]; and sold by Colburn, […], and Mackenzie, […], →OCLC, pages 59–60

5. uncountableusuallyJohn Milton's works or media adaptations of his works.
6. A place in Australia:
   1. uncountableusuallyA suburb of Brisbane, Queensland; named for nearby Milton Farm, itself for poet John Milton.
   2. uncountableusuallyA village in the City of Shoalhaven, New South Wales.
7. uncountableusuallyA town in Otago, New Zealand.
8. A place in Canada:
   1. uncountableusuallyA town in the Regional Municipality of Halton, Ontario; named for poet John Milton.
   2. uncountableusuallyA village in Queens County, Nova Scotia.
   3. uncountableusuallyA former logging village in Newfoundland and Labrador; named for poet John Milton.
   4. uncountableusuallyA rural municipality in west-central Saskatchewan; in full, Rural Municipality of Milton No. 292.
9. A place in the United States:
   1. uncountableusuallyAn unincorporated community in Calaveras County, California; named for railroad engineer Milton Latham.
   2. uncountableusuallyA town in Sussex County, Delaware; named for poet John Milton.
   3. uncountableusuallyA city, the county seat of Santa Rosa County, Florida; perhaps named for poet John Milton, or for the local lumber mill industry.
   4. uncountableusuallyA city in Fulton County, Georgia, a suburb of Atlanta; named for Revolutionary War officer John Milton.
   5. uncountableusuallyA village in Pike County, Illinois.
   6. uncountableusuallyAn unincorporated community in Union Township, Ohio County, Indiana; named for the gristmill and sawmill in the area.
   7. uncountableusuallyA town in Washington Township, Wayne County, Indiana; named for the watermills in the area.
   8. uncountableusuallyA minor city in Van Buren County, Iowa; named for the town in Delaware.
   9. uncountableusuallyAn unincorporated community in Sumner County, Kansas.
   10. uncountableusuallyA minor city in Trimble County, Kentucky.
   11. uncountableusuallyA census-designated place in Lafayette Parish, Louisiana; named for early resident Dr. Milton R. Cushman and his son, Milton S. Cushman.
   12. uncountableusuallyAn unorganized territory in Oxford County, Maine.
   13. uncountableusuallyA town in Norfolk County, Massachusetts; named for Milton Abbey in Dorset, England.
   14. uncountableusuallyAn unincorporated community in Atchison County, Missouri.
   15. uncountableusuallyA neighborhood of Kansas City, Missouri; named for the landowning Milton family.
   16. uncountableusuallyAn unincorporated community in Randolph County, Missouri; named for the town in North Carolina.
   17. uncountableusuallyA town and census-designated place therein, in Strafford County, New Hampshire; named for either a mill in the area or for the Viscount Milton.
   18. uncountableusuallyA town and census-designated place therein, in Saratoga County, New York; named for either poet John Milton or a mill in the area.
   19. uncountableusuallyA hamlet and census-designated place in the town of Marlborough, Ulster County, New York; named for poet John Milton.
   20. uncountableusuallyA town in Caswell County, North Carolina; named for a mill in the area.
   21. uncountableusuallyA minor city in Cavalier County, North Dakota.
   22. uncountableusuallyA borough in Northumberland County, Pennsylvania.
   23. uncountableusuallyAn unincorporated community in Rutherford County, Tennessee.
   24. uncountableusuallyAn unincorporated community in Lamar County, Texas.
   25. uncountableusuallyA town and census-designated place therein, in Chittenden County, Vermont, a suburb of Burlington; named for British statesman William Fitzwilliam, Viscount Milton.
   26. uncountableusuallyA city in King County and Pierce County, Washington.
   27. uncountableusuallyA town in Cabell County, West Virginia; named for landowner Milton Reece.
   28. uncountableusuallyA town in Buffalo County, Wisconsin.
   29. uncountableusuallyA town and city therein, in Rock County, Wisconsin; named for poet John Milton.
   30. uncountableusuallyA number of townships in the United States, listed under Milton Township.