Princeton

Meaning

Proper Noun

• borough New Jersey (state) ; named for {{w William III, Prince of Orange}}.
• Princeton University; named for its location in Princeton, New Jersey.
• CDP Florida (state) ; named for the university.
• city, county seat Gibson County (county) Indiana (state) ; named for Indiana statesman {{w William Prince (politician) William Prince}}.
• city, county seat Bureau County (county) Illinois (state) ; named for the university.
• city county, Collin County Texas (state) ; named for landowner Prince Dowlin.
• city, county seat Mercer County (county) West Virginia (state).
• city, county seat Caldwell County (county) Kentucky (state) ; named for landowner William Prince.
• city Minnesota (state) ; named for founder John S. Prince.
• town Massachusetts (state) ; named for American clergyman {{w Thomas Prince}}.
• town British Columbia (province) ; named for {{w Albert, Prince of Wales}}.
• city Wisconsin (state) located within the Town of Princeton ; named for the town in Massachusetts.
• town North Carolina (state) ; named for the borough in New Jersey.
• city, county seat Mercer County (county) Missouri (state) ; named for the {{w Battle of Princeton (New Jersey) in the Revolutionary War}}.
• city Iowa (state).
• town Maine (state) ; named for the town in Massachusetts.
• CDP Colusa County (county) California (state).
• settlement Newfoundland and Labrador (province).
• city Kansas (state) ; named for the city in Illinois.
• CDP Idaho (state) ; named for the city in Minnesota.
• CDP South Carolina (state).
• community Ontario (province) ; named for the borough in New Jersey.
• (unincorporated) community Alabama (state).
• (unincorporated) community Arkansas (state).
• (unincorporated) community Louisiana (state).
• (unincorporated) community Nebraska (state) ; named for the borough in New Jersey.
• ghost town county, Newton County Texas (state).
• A male given name of modern usage, transferred from the place names.

Origin

• prince + -ton