Wyton

W4Y4T1O1N1

proper noun

A village in Houghton and Wyton parish, Huntingdonshire district, Cambridgeshire, England (OS grid ref TL2772).

OriginOld English wīċ →
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Meanings

proper nounWyton (countable and uncountable, plural Wytons)

plural Wytons

  1. A placename:
    1. countableuncountableA village in Houghton and Wyton parish, Huntingdonshire district, Cambridgeshire, England (OS grid ref TL2772).
    2. countableuncountableA hamlet in Bilton parish, East Riding of Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref TA1733).
  2. countableA habitational surname from Old English.

Origin

  1. Old Englishwīċ“village”
  2. EnglishWyton

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

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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