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dayton

/ˈdeɪtən/

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What does dayton mean?

proper noun

  1. A surname.
  2. A suburb of Perth, Western Australia, Australia; named for Walter Warner Day, a cattle and wine pioneer in the area.
  3. A community in Nova Scotia, Canada.
More meanings (21)

proper noun

  1. A town in Alabama.
  2. A city in Idaho.
  3. A town in Indiana.
  4. A city in Iowa; named for the city in Ohio.
  5. A city in Kentucky; named for the city in Ohio.
  6. A town in Maine; named for Thomas Day, who submitted the petition for the area to become a town.
  7. A city in Minnesota; named for founder Lyman Dayton.
  8. A census-designated place in Montana.
  9. An unincorporated community and census-designated place in South Brunswick Township, Middlesex County, New Jersey; named for Jonathan Dayton.
  10. A town in New York.
  11. A census-designated place in Lyon County, Nevada, United States; named for John Day, a local surveyor.
  12. A city, the county seat of Montgomery County, Ohio; named for Jonathan Dayton, a Constitution signatory and statesman.
  13. A city in Oregon.
  14. A borough of Pennsylvania.
  15. A city, the county seat of Rhea County, Tennessee; named for the city in Ohio.
  16. A city in Texas.
  17. A town in Virginia.
  18. A city, the county seat of Columbia County, Washington; named for Jesse Day.
  19. A town in Richland County, Wisconsin.
  20. A town in Waupaca County, Wisconsin; named for early settler Lyman Dayton.
  21. A town in Wyoming; named for founder Joe Dayton Thorne.
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/ˈdeɪtən/

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Representatives from probably every church in Dayton were present and it is safe to say that it was the greatest gathering of its kind ever held in this city.
Carry Amelia NationThe Use and Need of the Life of Carry A. NationProject Gutenberg ebook #1485
In the beginning of the twentieth century many of the leading European newspapers contained brief reports of aerial experiments which were being carried out at Dayton, in the State of Ohio, America.
William J. ClaxtonThe mastery of the airProject Gutenberg ebook #777
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They accordingly constructed for themselves at their home in Dayton a wind tunnel 16 inches square by 6 feet long in which they measured the lift and 'drag' of more than two hundred miniature wings.
Evelyn Charles Vivian; W. Lockwood (William Lockwood) MarshA History of AeronauticsProject Gutenberg ebook #874