# Evanston

> English word · Proper noun · frequency rank #31,544

## Definitions
1. A southern suburb of the Town of Gawler, South Australia.
2. A neighbourhood of Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
3. A small community in Richmond County, Nova Scotia, Canada.
4. A place in the United States:
5. A place in the United States:
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## Etymology
From Evans + -ton.

## Easily confused with
- **evasion** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/evanston-vs-evasion)
- **Easton** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/easton-vs-evanston)

## Common misspellings (12)
`eavnston`, `evannston`, `evansotn`, `evansston`, `evanstno`, `evanstonn`, `evanstton`, `evantson`, `evasnton`, `evnaston`, `evvanston`, `veanston`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/evanston