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Hamilton

A Dictionary of First Names | 2006 | | Copyright

Hamilton ♂ Mainly North American: transferred use of the Scottish surname. This was brought to Scotland in or before the 13th century from a village (now deserted) called Hamilton or Hameldune, near Barkby in Leicestershire (named with Old English hamel ‘blunt, flat-topped’ + dūn ‘hill’). It is the surname of an enormously widespread and influential family, who acquired many titles, including the dukedom of Hamilton. The town near Glasgow so called is named after the family, not vice versa. Use as a given name seems to have begun in the United States in honour of Alexander Hamilton (?1757–1804), who was Secretary of the Treasury under George Washington and did much to establish the political and financial system on which the industrial growth and prosperity of the United States came to be founded. He was killed in a duel with the irascible Aaron Burr.

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Hamilton

The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed. | 2011 | Copyright

Hamilton city (1990 est. pop. 3,100), capital of Bermuda , on Bermuda Island. It is a port at the head of Great Sound, a huge lagoon and deepwater harbor protected by coral reefs. The city is the focus of Bermuda's commercial and social life and is a major tourist resort.

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Hamilton

World Encyclopedia | 2005 | Copyright

Hamilton Capital and chief seaport of Bermuda, on Great Bermuda, at the head of Great Sound. Founded in 1790, it became the capital in 1815 and was made a free port in 1956. Tourism is the major industry. Pop. (2002 est.) 1400.

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Hamilton

A Dictionary of British Place-Names | 2003 | | Copyright

Hamilton Leics. Hamelton c.1130. Probably ‘farmstead or village near the cut-off or flat‐topped hill’. OE *hamel (used as a noun) + tūn.

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