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ˈit neton
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Etonnoun
A town in Berkshire, England, see w:Eton, Berkshire
Etonnoun
A prestigious public school for boys in the town of Eton, see w:Eton College
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Eton
Eton is a town and civil parish in Berkshire, England, lying on the opposite bank of the River Thames to Windsor and connected to it by Windsor Bridge. The parish also includes the large village of Eton Wick, two miles west of the town, and has a population of 4,980. Eton was in Buckinghamshire until 1974, when it was transferred to Berkshire. Since 1998 it has been part of the unitary authority of Windsor and Maidenhead. The town is best known as the location of Eton College, a famous public school.
The Nuttall Encyclopedia
Eton
a town in Buckinghamshire, on the Thames, 22 m. SW. of London; celebrated for its public school, Eton College, founded in 1440 by Henry VI., which has now upwards of 1000 scholars.
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Etymology and Origins
Eton
The Anglo-Saxon Eyton, “island town.”
Surnames Frequency by Census Records
ETON
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Eton is ranked #157234 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
The Eton surname appeared 103 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Eton.
66% or 68 total occurrences were White.
13.5% or 14 total occurrences were Black.
9.7% or 10 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
8.7% or 9 total occurrences were Asian.
Anagrams for eton »
note
tone
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of eton in Chaldean Numerology is: 3
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of eton in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9
Examples of eton in a Sentence
Eton is not immune from the broader society in which we sit.
In Britain, the segregated world of public schools crops up in all kinds of institutions A boy can pass from Eton to the Guards to the Middle Temple to Parliament and still retain the same male world of leather armchairs, teak tables and nicknames. They need never deal closely with other kinds of people, and some never do.
We need more money for lots of things. Sometimes our schools can't even afford to buy more glue sticks when they run out. Mental health facilities here always have long waiting lists, boris Johnson went to Eton. I don't think Boris Johnson's going to understand what it's like to live in Redruth. I don't think the G7 is going to mean much.
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