Home › Words › N › nitonnitonniton means A village in Niton and Whitwell parish, southern Isle of Wight, England (OS grid ref SZ5076).EtymologyFrom Latin nitēre (“to shine”) + -onnameA village in Niton and Whitwell parish, southern Isle of Wight, England (OS grid ref SZ5076).A locality in Yellowhead County, Alberta, Canada.nounFormer name of radon.Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.emanon 68% match — Synonym of radon (“chemical element”). vs niton →radonate 66% match — Any oxyanion of radon; any salt containing such an anion. vs niton →exthorio 63% match — Synonym of thoron (“radon-220”). vs niton →actinon 62% match — Radon-219 (21986Rn; symbol An), an isotope of radon vs niton →nitratite 62% match — Synonym of nitratine. vs niton →exactinio 60% match — Synonym of actinon (“radon-219”). vs niton →radiouranium 59% match — radioactive uranium. vs niton →nitro 59% match — The univalent NO₂ functional group. vs niton →