Upton

U1P3T1O1N1
/ˈʌptən/

proper noun

A hamlet in Dinton with Ford and Upton parish, Buckinghamshire (OS grid ref SP7711).

Less commonScrabble 7

Meanings

proper nounUpton (countable and uncountable, plural Uptons)

plural Uptons

  1. Any of several places in England:
    1. countableuncountableA hamlet in Dinton with Ford and Upton parish, Buckinghamshire (OS grid ref SP7711).
    2. countableuncountableA hamlet in Hurstbourne Tarrant parish, Test Valley district, Hampshire (OS grid ref SU3655).
    3. countableuncountableA settlement in Nursling and Rownhams parish, Test Valley district, Hampshire (OS grid ref SU3717).
    4. countableuncountableA suburban area in the Metropolitan Borough of Wirral, Merseyside (OS grid ref SJ2688).
    5. countableuncountableA village in Upton with Fishley parish, Broadland district, Norfolk (OS grid ref TG3912).
    6. countableuncountableA village in Headon cum Upton parish, Bassetlaw district, Nottinghamshire (OS grid ref SK7476).
    7. countableuncountableA village and civil parish in Newark and Sherwood district, Nottinghamshire (OS grid ref SK7354).
    8. countableuncountableA village and civil parish in Vale of White Horse district, Oxfordshire (OS grid ref SU5186)
    9. countableuncountableA hamlet in Burford parish, West Oxfordshire district, Oxfordshire (OS grid ref SP2412).
    10. countableuncountableA village and civil parish (served by Upton and North Elmsall Parish Council) in the Metropolitan Borough of Wakefield, West Yorkshire (OS grid ref SE4713).
  2. countableuncountableA locality in Cosheston community, Pembrokeshire, Wales, including Upton Castle (OS grid ref SN0204).
  3. countableuncountableA village between Cork and Bandon, County Cork, Ireland.
  4. countableuncountableA municipality in Acton Regional County Municipality, Montérégie region, Quebec, Canada.
  5. A number of places in the United States:
    1. countableuncountableAn unincorporated community in Black Township, Posey County, Indiana.
    2. countableuncountableA minor city in Hardin County and LaRue County, Kentucky.
    3. countableuncountableA town in Oxford County, Maine.
    4. countableuncountableA neighbourhood in western Baltimore, Maryland.
    5. countableuncountableA town and census-designated place therein, in Worcester County, Massachusetts.
    6. countableuncountableAn unincorporated community in Texas County, Missouri.
    7. countableuncountableA hamlet and census-designated place in the town of Brookhaven, Suffolk County, Long Island, New York.
    8. countableuncountableA town in Weston County, Wyoming.
  6. countableuncountableA habitational surname from Old English.
  7. countableuncountableA male given name transferred from the surname.

Origin

  1. Old Englishupp“up”
  2. EnglishUpton

From Old English upp (“up”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

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APA

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