"Atherton" meaning in English

See Atherton in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

Forms: Athertons [plural]
Etymology: From the Old English personal name Æþelhere + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”). Etymology templates: {{der|en|ang|-}} Old English Head templates: {{en-proper noun|~|s}} Atherton (countable and uncountable, plural Athertons)
  1. (uncountable) A placename:
    A town in the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan, Greater Manchester, England (OS grid ref SD6703).
    Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (place): Places in England, Places in Greater Manchester, England, Towns in England, Towns in Greater Manchester, England
    Sense id: en-Atherton-en-name-4zPbUbwh
  2. (uncountable) A placename:
    A town in the Tablelands Region, Queensland, Australia.
    Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (place): Places in Australia, Places in Queensland, Towns in Australia, Towns in Queensland
    Sense id: en-Atherton-en-name-mmC7sCKI Categories (other): English links with redundant alt parameters, English links with redundant wikilinks
  3. (uncountable) A placename:
    A town in San Mateo County, California, United States.
    Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (place): Places in California, USA, Places in the United States, Towns in California, USA, Towns in the United States
    Sense id: en-Atherton-en-name-C6KW3CgS Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 22 11 49 18 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 25 9 57 9 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 25 8 59 8
  4. (countable) A habitational surname from Old English. Tags: countable
    Sense id: en-Atherton-en-name-zLJicHqr Categories (other): English surnames
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: Atterton [surname], Eatherton [surname], Etherton [surname] Derived forms: Athertonian, Jiles-Atherton model

Inflected forms

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