Northampton

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A town in central England that is the county town of Northamptonshire

proper noun
/nɔːrˈθæmptən/

: Northampton

I find myself cruising the deserted streets of Northampton, Massachusetts, searching for the fifty-year-old man who is my brother.
Northampton, Massachusetts
Northampton, MA
Northampton revival

And you go Northampton and the name of Northampton.

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Examples

Yet among this sea of visitors, the Northampton pastor singled out the Suffielders for extended criticism.

Academic text (2005)
The following day, the Northampton minister lectured from Luke 19:41 in the town's west parish.

Academic text (2005)
And of course, now Northampton is the perfect venue.

Kinky Boots (2005)
So I'm currently in Northampton, Dan is at work.
I am off to Northampton today to go and see Louise, which I'm very excited about.
I'm outside Northampton.

Locke (2014)
Constituency surgery in Northampton.

In the Loop (2009)
Edwards clearly hoped his Indian congregation would do better than his Northampton congregation in heeding the light of the gospel.

Academic text (2003)
With his strong personal and pastoral ties to Suffield, the Northampton revivalist was a logical choice to preach at Gay's ordination.

Academic text (2005)
I am visiting Northampton, a historic town in central England known for its rich heritage.

Surface Forms

Northampton main

Morphology

Northampton = north + Hampton (semi-transparent) = north + hampton

The first element 'north' is transparent, but 'Hampton' is a toponymic element (not a productive common noun), so the full place-name meaning is only partially inferable.

Etymology

Northampton is a place name made of simple parts: north meaning 'north', plus ham meaning 'home' and -ton meaning 'town'. So it originally meant the 'north home town', the town to the north of another place.