"Picton" meaning in English

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Proper name

Forms: Pictons [plural]
Etymology: From either the Old English personal name Pīca or pīc (“point, peak, pinnacle”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”). Etymology templates: {{der|en|ang|-}} Old English, {{m|ang|Pīca}} Pīca, {{m|ang|pīc||point, peak, pinnacle}} pīc (“point, peak, pinnacle”), {{m|ang|tūn||enclosure; settlement, town}} tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”) Head templates: {{en-proper noun|~}} Picton (countable and uncountable, plural Pictons)
  1. (uncountable) A placename:
    A hamlet and civil parish (without a council) in Hambleton district, North Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref NZ4107).
    Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (place): Civil parishes of England, Places in England, Places in North Yorkshire, England, Villages in England, Villages in North Yorkshire, England
    Sense id: en-Picton-en-name-Ze7mvPfg Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 18 12 18 3 15 3 14 3 13
  2. (uncountable) A placename:
    A hamlet in Mickle Trafford parish, Cheshire West and Chester, Cheshire, England (OS grid ref SJ4371).
    Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (place): Places in Cheshire, England, Places in England, Villages in Cheshire, England, Villages in England
    Sense id: en-Picton-en-name-MDqWcTej Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 18 12 18 3 15 3 14 3 13
  3. (uncountable) A placename:
    A former civil parish of Cheshire West and Chester, Cheshire, now part of Mickle Trafford parish.
    Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (place): Historical political subdivisions, Places in Cheshire, England, Places in England
    Sense id: en-Picton-en-name-KJnAkgF2 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 18 12 18 3 15 3 14 3 13
  4. (uncountable) A placename:
    A ward of Liverpool, Merseyside, Lancashire, England.
    Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (place): Places in England, Places in Liverpool, Places in Merseyside, England
    Sense id: en-Picton-en-name-aiWE93pB Categories (other): Neighbourhoods in Lancashire, England, Neighbourhoods in Merseyside, England
  5. (uncountable) A placename:
    A small town in Wollondilly Shire, New South Wales, Australia, named after Thomas Picton.
    Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (place): Places in Australia, Places in New South Wales, Towns in Australia, Towns in New South Wales Derived forms: Picton Castle, Picton herring, Picton River
    Sense id: en-Picton-en-name-zVEsp5xm Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 18 12 18 3 15 3 14 3 13
  6. (uncountable) A placename:
    A suburb of the City of Bunbury, Western Australia.
    Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (place): Places in Australia, Places in Western Australia, Suburbs in Western Australia
    Sense id: en-Picton-en-name-bc3V5PBF
  7. (uncountable) A placename:
    A town and ferry port in Marlborough, South Island, New Zealand.
    Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (place): Places in New Zealand, Towns in New Zealand
    Sense id: en-Picton-en-name-Izo8riMI Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 18 12 18 3 15 3 14 3 13
  8. (uncountable) A placename:
    An unincorporated community in Prince Edward County, Ontario, Canada.
    Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (place): Places in Canada, Places in Ontario
    Sense id: en-Picton-en-name-1ES-IyT3
  9. (countable) A habitational surname from Old English. Tags: countable
    Sense id: en-Picton-en-name-zLJicHqr Categories (other): English surnames, English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 18 12 18 3 15 3 14 3 13

Inflected forms

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