Nortonとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

From 古期英語 norþ (“north”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

The parish in New Brunswick is named after Norton, Massachusetts.

発音

• (General American) IPA: /ˈnɔɹtən/, [ˈnɔɹɾn̩], [ˈnɔɹʔn̩]
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ˈnɔːtən/

固有名詞

Norton (countable and uncountable, plural Nortons)

1. Any of many placenames from words meaning north and enclosure.
   1. A number of places in England and Wales:
      1. A suburb of Runcorn, Halton borough, Cheshire (OS grid ref SJ5582).
      2. A hamlet in Hartland parish, Torridge district, Devon (OS grid ref SS2625).
      3. A hamlet in Dartmouth parish, South Hams district, Devon (OS grid ref SX8551).
      4. A suburban area in Stockton-on-Tees borough, County Durham (OS grid ref NZ4422).

         Synonym: Norton-on-Tees

      5. A hamlet in South Heighton parish, Lewes district, East Sussex (OS grid ref TQ4701).
      6. A village and civil parish in Tewkesbury district, Gloucestershire (OS grid ref SO8524).
      7. A suburban village in north-east Letchworth Garden City, North Hertfordshire district, Hertfordshire (OS grid ref TL2334).
      8. A settlement in Freshwater parish, Isle of Wight (OS grid ref SZ3489).
      9. A village and civil parish in West Northamptonshire, Northamptonshire, previously in Daventry district (OS grid ref SP6063).
      10. A village in Norton, Cuckney, Holbeck and Welbeck parish, Bassetlaw district, Nottinghamshire, previously in Norton and Cuckney parish (OS grid ref SK5772).
      11. A hamlet in Culmington parish, south Shropshire (OS grid ref SO4681).
      12. A settlement in Stockton parish, east Shropshire (OS grid ref SJ7200).
      13. A hamlet in Wroxeter and Uppington parish, Shropshire (OS grid ref SJ5609).
      14. A hamlet in Kewstoke parish, North Somerset, Somerset, just north of Weston-super-Mare (OS grid ref ST3463).
      15. A village and civil parish in the Metropolitan Borough of Doncaster, South Yorkshire (OS grid ref SE5415).
      16. A southern suburb of the City of Sheffield, South Yorkshire (OS grid ref SE3682).
      17. A village and civil parish in Mid Suffolk district, Suffolk (OS grid ref TL9565).
      18. A suburb of Stourbridge, Metropolitan Borough of Dudley, West Midlands (OS grid ref SO8982).
      19. A settlement in Aldingbourne parish, Arun district, West Sussex (OS grid ref SU9206).
      20. A hamlet in Selsey parish, Chichester district, West Sussex (OS grid ref SZ8695).
      21. A small village and civil parish (without a council) in north-west Wiltshire (OS grid ref ST8884).
      22. A village in Norton and Lenchwick parish, Wychavon district, Worcestershire (OS grid ref SP0447).
      23. A village in Norton-juxta-Kempsey parish, Wychavon district, Worcestershire, the location of Norton Barracks (OS grid ref SO8751).
      24. A hamlet in Skenfrith community, Monmouthshire, Wales (OS grid ref SO4420).
      25. A village in Presteigne community, Powys, Wales (OS grid ref SO3067).
      26. A suburb in Mumbles community, City and County of Swansea, Wales (OS grid ref SS6618).
      27. A hamlet in Penrice community, City and County of Swansea (OS grid ref SS4986).
   2. A civil parish in Kings County, New Brunswick, Canada.
   3. A rural municipality in south-east Saskatchewan, Canada; in full, the Rural Municipality of Norton No. 69.
   4. A city, the county seat of Norton County, Kansas, United States.
   5. A town in Bristol County, Massachusetts, United States.
2. An English habitational surname from Old English from any of these places.
3. A male given name transferred from the surname.

派生語

統計情報

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Norton is the 531 most common surname in the United States, belonging to 63,722 individuals. Norton is most common among White (87.84%) individuals.

名詞

Norton (plural Nortons)

1. A motorcycle from the Norton Motorcycle Company, a British manufacturer.
2. A book, especially an anthology, from the publisher Norton, especially if used as a textbook.

参照

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Norton”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 679.