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English
Etymology
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Proper noun
Caton (countable and uncountable, plural Catons)
- A surname.
- A placename
- A town in Steuben County, New York, United States.
- An unincorporated community (Caton's Chapel) in Sevier County, Tennessee, United States.
- A hamlet in Teignbridge district, Devon, England, United Kingdom (OS grid ref SX7871). [1]
- A village in Caton-with-Littledale parish, Lancaster district, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom (OS grid ref SD5364).
References
Anagrams
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin Catō.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Caton m
- (history) a male given name from Latin
- a surname
Further reading
Italian
Proper noun
Caton m
- medieval spelling of Catone
Anagrams
Occitan
Proper noun
Caton f (Limousin)
- a diminutive of the female given name Catarina
References
- Yves Lavalade, Dictionnaire d'usage occitan/français - Limousin, Marche, Périgord, Institut d'Estudis Occitans dau Lemosin, 2010, →ISBN, page 148.