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Meaning of Northampton | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C1
nɔːˈθæmptən

Definitions

  1. A large town, the county town of Northamptonshire, now in West Northamptonshire district, England.
  2. A former borough in Northamptonshire, abolished on 1 April 2021 and merged into the district of West Northamptonshire.
  3. A civil parish with a town council in West Northamptonshire district, county of Northamptonshire, first elected in 2021, believed to be the largest town with a town council in England.
  4. A number of places in the United States:
  5. A city, the county seat of Hampshire County, Massachusetts.
  6. A town in Fulton County, New York.
  7. A hamlet and census-designated place in Suffolk County, Long Island, New York.
  8. A township in Bucks County, Pennsylvania.
  9. A borough in Northampton County, Pennsylvania.
  10. A township in Somerset County, Pennsylvania.
  11. A parish and community in Carleton County, New Brunswick, Canada.
  12. A town, the seat of the Shire of Northampton, Western Australia, named after John Hampton.
  13. A local government area north of Geraldton, Western Australia; in full, the Shire of Northampton.

Equivalents

العربية نورثهامبتون
Français Northampton
Русский Нортге́мптон

Examples

“Northampton is a town of just 30,000 people, with only five distinct neighborhoods. But stats like that obscure the fact that Northampton has long punched above its weight, culturally.”

CEFR level

C1
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