Weston

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/ˈwɛstən/

proper noun

A village in Welford parish, West Berkshire district, Berkshire (OS grid ref SU3973).

OriginOld English west →
CommonScrabble 9
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Meanings

proper noun
  1. Any of many places in England:
    1. A village in Welford parish, West Berkshire district, Berkshire (OS grid ref SU3973).
    2. A village and former civil parish, now in Weston and Crewe Green parish, Cheshire East district, Cheshire (OS grid ref SJ7352).
    3. A settlement in Halton borough, Cheshire (OS grid ref SJ5080).
    4. A hamlet in Branscombe parish, East Devon district, Devon (OS grid ref SY1688).
    5. A village in Portland parish, Isle of Portland, Dorset (OS grid ref SY6871).
    6. A hamlet in Buriton parish, near Petersfield, East Hampshire district, Hampshire (OS grid ref SU7221).
    7. A suburb of Southampton, Hampshire (OS grid ref SU4410).
    8. A hamlet in Pembridge parish, Herefordshire (OS grid ref SO3656).
    9. A village and civil parish in North Hertfordshire district, Hertfordshire (OS grid ref TL2630).
    10. A village and civil parish in South Holland district, Lincolnshire (OS grid ref TF2924).
    11. A village in Weston and Weedon parish, West Northamptonshire, Northamptonshire, previously in South Northamptonshire district (OS grid ref SP5846).
    12. A village and civil parish (served by Mid Wharfdale Parish Council) in North Yorkshire, previously in Harrogate borough (OS grid ref SE1747).
    13. A village and civil parish in Newark and Sherwood district, Nottinghamshire (OS grid ref SK7767).
    14. A locality in Oswestry Rural parish, south of Oswestry, Shropshire (OS grid ref SJ2927).
    15. A village in Weston-under-Redcastle parish, Shropshire (OS grid ref SJ5628).
    16. A suburb of Bath, Bath and North East Somerset district, Somerset (OS grid ref ST7266).
    17. A village and civil parish (served by Weston with Gayton Parish Council) in Stafford borough, Staffordshire (OS grid ref SJ9727).
    18. A village and civil parish (served by Ringsfield and Weston Parish Council) in East Suffolk district, Suffolk (OS grid ref TM4287).
  2. A number of places in the United States:
    1. A census-designated place in Las Animas County, Colorado.
    2. A town and census-designated place therein, in Fairfield County, Connecticut.

      "A lot of the information in C. L. and P.'s application is incomplete," said Monte Frank, a lawyer hired by Redding, Wilton and Weston to represent those towns' interests before the Connecticut Siting Council, which has jurisdiction on such issues.

      2001 December 23, Gary Santaniello, “A Surge in Controversy for Power Proposal”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 27 May 2015
    3. A city in Broward County, Florida.
    4. An unincorporated community in Webster County, Georgia.
    5. A minor city in Franklin County, Idaho.
    6. A former community in DuPage County, Illinois.
    7. An unincorporated community in McLean County, Illinois.
    8. A census-designated place in Hazel Dell Township, Pottawattamie County, Iowa.
    9. An unincorporated community in Crittenden County, Kentucky.
    10. An unincorporated community in Jackson Parish, Louisiana.
    11. A town in Aroostook County, Maine.
    12. A town in Middlesex County, Massachusetts.
    13. An unincorporated community in Fairfield Township, Lenawee County, Michigan.
    14. A town in Platte County, Missouri.
    15. A village in Saunders County, Nebraska.
    16. A census-designated place in Franklin Township, Somerset County, New Jersey.
    17. A village and township in Wood County, Ohio.
    18. A minor city in Umatilla County, Oregon, named after Weston, Missouri.
    19. A census-designated place in Black Creek Township, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania.
    20. A minor city in Collin County, Texas.
    21. A town in Windsor County, Vermont.
    22. A ghost town in King County, Washington.
    23. A city, the county seat of Lewis County, West Virginia.
    24. A town in Clark County, Wisconsin.
    25. A town and unincorporated community therein, in Dunn County, Wisconsin.
    26. A village in Marathon County, Wisconsin.
    27. An unincorporated community in Campbell County, Wyoming.
  3. A place in Canada:
    1. A neighbourhood of Winnipeg, Manitoba.
    2. A community in Kings County, Nova Scotia.
    3. A neighbourhood of Toronto, Ontario.
  4. A place in Australia:
    1. A suburb of Canberra, Australian Capital Territory.
    2. A town in the City of Cessnock, New South Wales.
  5. A small town in Sabah, Malaysia, named after Arthur J. West.
  6. A town in Waitaki District, west of Oamaru, North Otago, New Zealand.
  7. An English and Scottish habitational surname.

Origin

  1. Old Englishwest“west”
  2. EnglishWeston

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

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with Weston

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Anagrams

townesTewson
Cite this entry
APA

Weston. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Weston

MLA

“Weston.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Weston. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Weston,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Weston.

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