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Burton can mean:

People


  • Baron Burton is a peerage title created in 1886 and 1887 in the Peerage of the United Kingdom.

Fictional characters


Places


in Australia

In Canada

In England

In Wales

In the United States

Other uses


  • burton is a small tackle formed by two blocks or pulleys, used to set up or tighten the topmost shrouds on a sailing ship's rigging -- also called a top-burton-tackle.
  • Burton is the name of a snowboard & snow sportswear manufacturer.
  • Burton is the name of a manufacturer of high quality golf bags.
  • Burton is also the name of a menswear retailer in the UK (part of the Arcadia Group).
  • The Burton process is a thermal cracking process invented by William M. Burton still in use today to produce Diesel
  • The Burton is a Dutch sports car.
  • The Cuban Liberty and Democratic Solidarity (Libertad) Act of 1996 (better known as the Helms-Burton Act) is a U.S. law which strengthens and continues the embargo against Cuba.

See also


Surnames

Burton | Burton | Richard Burton

 

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