All Definitions for Burton
Below are all the dictionary definitions of burton:
1An English habitational surname from Old English for someone who lived in any of several places with that name.
2A male given name.
3A number of places in the United States:
4A place in Canada:
5A number of places in England and Wales:
6A place in Australia:
7A locality in Navajo County, Arizona.
8A former town in Rabun County, Georgia, now submerged.
9An unincorporated community in Madison County, Idaho.
10An unincorporated community, census-designated place, and township in Adams County, Illinois.
11A township in McHenry County, Illinois.
12An unincorporated community and coal town in Floyd County, Kentucky.
13A city in Genesee County, Michigan.
14An unincorporated community in Owosso Township, Shiawassee County, Michigan.
15A township in Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota.
16An unincorporated community and inactive township in Howard County, Missouri.
17A tiny village in Keya Paha County, Nebraska.
18A village and township in Geauga County, Ohio.
19A census-designated place on Port Royal Island, Beaufort County, South Carolina.
20A minor city in Washington County, Texas.
21An unincorporated community on Vashon Island, King County, Washington.
22An unincorporated community in Wetzel County, West Virginia.
23An unincorporated community in the town of Waterloo, Grant County, Wisconsin.
24A settlement in the West Kootenay region of British Columbia.
25A rural community and parish in Sunbury County, New Brunswick.
26A settlement in western Prince Edward Island.
27A small village in Duddon and Burton parish, Cheshire West and Chester district, Cheshire (OS grid ref SJ5163).
28A village on the Wirral Peninsula in Cheshire West and Chester district, Cheshire (OS grid ref SJ3174).
29A village in Burton and Winkton parish, Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole district, Dorset (OS grid ref SZ1694).
30A civil parish (served by Burton-by-Lincoln Parish Council) in West Lindsey district, Lincolnshire (OS grid ref SK9674).
31A hamlet in Bamburgh parish, Northumberland (OS grid ref NU1733).
32A village in Nettleton parish, Wiltshire (OS grid ref ST8179).
33A hamlet in Mere parish, Wiltshire (OS grid ref ST8232).
34A village and community in Pembrokeshire, Wales (OS grid ref SM9805).
35A village in Rossett community, Wrexham borough county borough, Wales (OS grid ref SJ3557).
36A rural locality in Isaac Region, Queensland.
37A suburb of Adelaide in the City of Salisbury, South Australia.
38An arrangement of blocks and pulleys, especially for tightening rigging on a ship.
39Storage of cargo athwartships.
40Ellipsis of Burton upon Trent: a civil parish and market town in East Staffordshire district, Staffordshire. [A town in East Staffordshire district, Staffordshire, England.]
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