dayton
dayton Lexical Profile
• noun
American A major city in western Ohio, United States, historically recognized as a hub of manufacturing and as the hometown of aviation pioneers Orville and Wilbur Wright.
"We visited the National Museum of the United States Air Force during our weekend trip to Dayton."
An English surname, most notably borne by Jonathan Dayton, the youngest person to sign the United States Constitution.
"The town's founders chose to name their new settlement after Jonathan Dayton."
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Word Origin & Etymology
The prominent Ohio city was named after Jonathan Dayton (1760–1824), a signer of the U.S. Constitution who owned significant land in the region. The surname itself is of Old English origin, originally a habitational name meaning 'dairy town' or 'settlement of Dæcca'.
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