Winton

W4I1N1T1O1N1
/ˈwɪn.tən/

proper noun

A village and civil parish in Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, previously in Eden district (OS grid ref NY7810).

Less commonScrabble 9

Meanings

proper nounWinton (usually uncountable, plural Wintons)

plural Wintons

  1. A common placename:
    1. uncountableusuallyA village and civil parish in Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, previously in Eden district (OS grid ref NY7810).
    2. uncountableusuallyA suburb of Bournemouth, Dorset (OS grid ref SZ0893).
    3. uncountableusuallyA hamlet in Alfriston parish, Wealden district, East Sussex (OS grid ref TQ5203).
    4. uncountableusuallyA suburban area of Salford, Greater Manchester (OS grid ref SJ7599).
    5. uncountableusuallyA hamlet in Winton, Stank and Hallikeld parish, North Yorkshire, previously in Hambleton district (OS grid ref SE4096).
    6. uncountableusuallyA minor city in Saint Louis County, Minnesota.
    7. uncountableusuallyA town, the county seat of Hertford County, North Carolina.
    8. uncountableusuallyA ghost town in Sweetwater County, Wyoming.
    9. uncountableusuallyA town in Southland, New Zealand.
    10. uncountableusuallyA locality in the Tamworth council area, north eastern New South Wales, Australia.
    11. uncountableusuallyA town in the Shire of Winton, Queensland, Australia.
    12. uncountableusuallyA local government area in central-west Queensland; in full, the Shire of Winton.
    13. uncountableusuallyA town in the Rural City of Benalla, Victoria, Australia.
    14. archaicuncountableusuallyWinchester (the city in Hampshire, England).
  2. countableusuallyA habitational surname from Old English.

Origin

From either the Old English personal name Wine, which is a byname from wine (“friend”), or winn (“pasture”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

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APA

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

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

Chicago

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

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