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語源

From either 古期英語 līn (“flax”) or lind (“lime tree”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

発音

• IPA: /ˈlɪn.tən/
• 韻: -ɪntən

固有名詞

Linton (countable and uncountable, plural Lintons)

1. (uncountable) A placename:
   1. A number of places in England:
      1. A village and civil parish in South Cambridgeshire district, Cambridgeshire (OS grid ref TL5646).
      2. A village and civil parish in South Derbyshire district, Derbyshire (OS grid ref SK2716).
      3. A village and civil parish near Bromyard, Herefordshire (OS grid ref SO6753).
      4. A village and civil parish near Ross-on-Wye, Herefordshire (OS grid ref SO6525).
      5. A village and civil parish in Maidstone borough, Kent (OS grid ref TQ7550).
      6. A village in Ellington and Linton parish, Northumberland (OS grid ref NZ2691).
      7. A village and civil parish in North Yorkshire, previously in Craven district; also known as Linton-in-Craven (OS grid ref SD9962).
      8. A village in Collingham parish, Metropolitan Borough of Leeds, West Yorkshire (OS grid ref SE3847).
   2. A hamlet north of Morebattle, Scottish Borders council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NT7726).
   3. A town in Golden Plains Shire, Victoria, Australia.
   4. A rural locality and military camp south of Palmerston North, Manawatū-Whanganui, New Zealand.
   5. A number of places in the United States:
      1. An unincorporated community in Hancock County, Georgia.
      2. A city in Greene County, Indiana.
      3. An unincorporated community in Trigg County, Kentucky.
      4. A small city, the county seat of Emmons County, North Dakota.
      5. An unincorporated community in Walworth County, Wisconsin.
   6. A place in Canada:
      1. A hamlet in King township, Regional Municipality of York, Ontario.
      2. A hamlet in Portneuf Regional County Municipality, Capitale-Nationale region, Quebec.
2. (countable) A habitational surname from Old English.

派生語

統計情報

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Linton is the 2524 most common surname in the United States, belonging to 14354 individuals. Linton is most common among White (69.16%) and Black/African American (23.6%) individuals.

参照

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Linton”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 443.