Dalton

See also:dalton

English

Alternative forms

• (surname):Doulton

Etymology

FromOld Englishdæl(“valley”)+tun(“settlement”).Equivalent todale+‎town.

Pronunciation

• (UK)IPA^(key):/ˈdɔːltən/

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• Rhymes:-ɔːltən
• Homophone:dalton

Proper noun

Dalton

1. A habitationalsurnamefrom Old English.
2. John Dalton,Englishchemist.
3. A malegiven nametransferred from the surname.
4. Any of severalplacesin the north ofEnglandand inScotland:
   1. AhamletinBurton-in-Kendalparish,Cumbria,England(OSgrid ref SD5476).
   2. Ahamletandcivil parishinWest Lancashiredistrict,Lancashire,England,north ofSkelmersdale(OS grid ref SD4908).
   3. AhamletinHexhamshireparish, south ofHexham,Northumberland,England(OS grid ref NY9158).
   4. AhamletinStamfordhamparish, west ofPonteland,Northumberland(OS grid ref NZ1172)
   5. A village andcivil parishinNorth Yorkshire,England,previously inHambletondistrict(OS grid ref SE4376).
   6. A village andcivil parishinNorth Yorkshire,previously inRichmondshiredistrict(OS grid ref NZ1108).
   7. A village andcivil parishin the Metropolitan Borough ofRotherham,South Yorkshire,England(OS grid ref SK4594).
   8. An easternsuburbofHuddersfield,Metropolitan Borough ofKirklees,West Yorkshire,England(OS grid ref SE1617).
   9. AhamletinDumfriesshire,Dumfries and Gallowaycouncil area,Scotland(OS grid ref NY1174).
   10. AhamletnearFlemington,South Lanarkshirecouncil area,Scotland(OS grid ref NS6658).
5. A number of places in theUnited States:
   1. A city, thecounty seatofWhitfield County,Georgia.
   2. Atownshipandunincorporatedcommunitytherein, inWayne County,Indiana.
   3. AnunincorporatedcommunityinSumner County,Kansas.
   4. A town inBerkshire County,Massachusetts.
   5. AtownshipinMuskegon County,Michigan.
   6. A minor city inOtter Tail County,Minnesota.
   7. A small village inChariton County,Missouri.
   8. A village inCheyenne County,Nebraska.
   9. A town inCoos County,New Hampshire
   10. Ahamletandcensus-designated placeinNundaandPortage,Livingston County,New York.
   11. AnunincorporatedcommunityinStokes County,North Carolina.
   12. A village inWayne County,Ohio.
   13. AboroughinLackawanna County,Pennsylvania.
   14. Acensus-designated placeinKingston,Green Lake County,Wisconsin.
6. An abandoned village inUnorganized North Algoma District,Ontario,Canada;some buildings are used as summer cottages.
7. AtownshipwithinKawartha Lakes,Ontario.
8. A village inKwaZulu-Natal,South Africa.
9. A small town in theSouthern TablelandsofNew South Wales,Australia.
10. Asettlement(moshav) in northernIsrael.
11. Short forDalton Highway.

Derived terms

• Dalton Holme
• Dalton-in-Furness

Noun

Dalton(pluralDaltons)

1. (chemistry)a formerunitofatomicmassequivalent to 1/16 the mass of anoxygenatom;now replaced by theatomic mass unit(ordalton)

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census,Daltonis the 654^thmost common surname in the United States, belonging to 52,184 individuals.Daltonis most common among White (86.84%) individuals.

Anagrams

• Toland