leighton

Englisch - Englisch

Definition von leighton im Englisch Englisch wörterbuch

A male given name transferred from the surname

A habitational surname

Relevante Übersetzungen

Margaret Leighton

born Feb. 26, 1922, Barnt Green, near Birmingham, Worcestershire, Eng. died Jan. 13, 1976, Chichester, West Sussex British actress. A member of the Old Vic company, she made her London debut in 1944 and her Broadway debut in 1946. She was acclaimed for her wide range of roles in plays such as The Cocktail Party (1950) and The Applecart (1953). She received Tony Awards for her Broadway appearances in Separate Tables (1956) and The Night of the Iguana (1962). Her most notable film roles were in The Winslow Boy (1948), The Sound and the Fury (1959), and The Go-Between (1971)

Silbentrennung

Leigh·ton

Türkische aussprache

leytın

Aussprache

/ˈlātən/ /ˈleɪtən/

Etymologie

() Various place names in England, Old English leac (“leek”) + tun (“settlement”), also in the sense of a herb garden. Patrick Hanks and Flavia Hodges: A Dictionary of Surnames. Oxford University Press 1988.