Moulton

M3O1U1L1T1O1N1

proper noun

A village and civil parish of Cheshire, England (OS grid ref SJ656696).

Less commonScrabble 9

Meanings

proper nounMoulton (countable and uncountable, plural Moultons)

plural Moultons · alternative Muleton · alternative Multon

  1. A placename:
    1. countableuncountableA village and civil parish of Cheshire, England (OS grid ref SJ656696).
    2. countableuncountableA village in The Moultons parish, South Holland district, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref TF306240).
    3. countableuncountableA village and civil parish of Richmondshire district, North Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref NZ236038).
    4. countableuncountableA village and civil parish of Daventry district, Northamptonshire, England (OS grid ref SP784663).
    5. countableuncountableA village and civil parish of Forest Heath district, Suffolk, England (OS grid ref TL699643).
    6. countableuncountableA hamlet in the Vale of Glamorgan borough county borough, South Glamorgan, Wales (OS grid ref ST072457).
    7. countableuncountableA city, the county seat of Lawrence County, Alabama, United States.
    8. countableuncountableA small city in Appanoose County, Iowa, United States.
    9. countableuncountableA town in Lavaca County, Texas, United States.
  2. countableuncountableA habitational surname from Old English.

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Origin

From the Old English personal name *Mūla + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

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APA

Moulton. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Moulton

MLA

“Moulton.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Moulton. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Moulton,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Moulton.

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