Fulton
English
Etymology
From Foulden, a village in Norfolk, from Old English fuġol (“bird”) + tūn (“dwelling”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /fʊltʌn/
Proper noun
Fulton
- An English habitational surname.
- A male given name transferred from the surname.
- A city in Missouri; the county seat of Callaway County; named for Robert Fulton, inventor of the steamboat.
- A city in Oswego County, New York; named for Robert Fulton.
- A city in Kentucky; named for its county, itself named for Robert Fulton.
- A city in Mississippi; the county seat of Itawamba County; named for Robert Fulton.
- A city in Illinois; named for Robert Fulton.
- A town in Wisconsin.
- A CDP in Maryland; named for Charles C. Fulton, editor of The Baltimore Sun.
- A city in Schoharie County, New York.
- A town in Texas; named for George Ware Fulton, a land developer in the area.
- A town in Indiana; named for its county, itself named for Robert Fulton.
- A town in Alabama.
- A village in Ohio.
- A town in Arkansas; named for Robert Fulton.
- A city in Kansas; named for the city in Illinois.
- A CDP in California; named for founders Thomas and James Fulton.
- A town in South Dakota; perhaps named for Robert Fulton, or for a local railroad employee.
Derived terms
- Fulton County
- Fultonian
- Fultonism
Anagrams
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