Dayton

English

Etymology

A variant spelling of Deighton.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈdeɪtən/

Proper noun

Dayton (countable and uncountable, plural Daytons)

  1. (countable) A surname.
  2. (uncountable) A placename, from the surname:
    1. A city, the county seat of Montgomery County, Ohio; named for Jonathan Dayton, a Constitution signatory and statesman.
    2. A census-designated place in Lyon County, Nevada, United States; named for John Day, a local surveyor.
    3. A city, the county seat of Rhea County, Tennessee; named for the city in Ohio.
    4. A city in Texas.
    5. A census-designated place in New Jersey; named for Jonathan Dayton.
    6. A city in Kentucky; named for the city in Ohio.
    7. A city in Minnesota; named for founder Lyman Dayton.
    8. A town in Waupaca County, Wisconsin; named for early settler Lyman Dayton.
    9. A suburb of Perth, Western Australia; named for Walter Warner Day, a cattle and wine pioneer in the area.
    10. A city in Oregon.
    11. A city, the county seat of Columbia County, Washington; named for Jesse Day.
    12. A town in Maine; named for Thomas Day, who submitted the petition for the area to become a town.
    13. A town in New York.
    14. A town in Indiana.
    15. A town in Virginia.
    16. A city in Iowa; named for the city in Ohio.
    17. A town in Wyoming; named for founder Joe Dayton Thorne.
    18. A town in Richland County, Wisconsin.
    19. A borough of Pennsylvania.
    20. A city in Idaho.
    21. A community in Nova Scotia.
    22. A census-designated place in Montana.
    23. A town in Alabama.

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