Stilton
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See also: stilton
English
Etymology
Recorded as Stichiltone in the Domesday Book, the village's name derives from Old English stigel (“stile”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”). The cheese was named after the village where it was originally sold.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈstɪltən/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - Rhymes: -ɪltən
Proper noun
Stilton (countable and uncountable, plural Stiltons)
- A village and civil parish in Huntingdonshire district, Cambridgeshire, England (OS grid ref TL1689).
- (countable) A habitational surname from Old English.
Statistics
- According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Stilton is the 34909th most common surname in England, belonging to 97 individuals.
Noun
Stilton (countable and uncountable, plural Stiltons)
- A type of blue-veined cheese made in England.
- (slang, archaic) That which is needed or wanted; the very thing; the ticket.
- That's the Stilton!
Translations
blue-veined cheese made in England
References
- (placename): Survey of English Place-Names
- (that which is needed or wanted): 1873, John Camden Hotten, The Slang Dictionary
Further reading
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Stilton”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.
- Forebears